Pod budnim okom cijenjenog policijskog veterana Marcusa, hrabri detektiv Ezekiel "Zeke" Banks i njegov partner preuzimaju istragu ubojstava koja jezivo podsjećaju na strašnu prošlost. Zarobljen u produbljujućoj misteriji, Zeke se našao u središtu morbidne igre ubojice.

Jonas Candide performs his job as state executioner in early 20th century Mississippi like a combination preacher and carnival barker, persuading condemned men to accept their deaths before electrocuting them on his electric chair. After he's assigned his first woman to execute, however, Jonas' sense of purpose is shaken.