Things are looking up for Joe Hustle. A Gulf War vet and ex-con scraping by in Los Angeles, he has just met an intriguing new woman and gotten a rare windfall. Before long, though, his luck has turned again and he and his girl are in a car speeding through the Southwest, trying to outrun disaster. Will disaster ride along with them?
Joe Hustle is a survivor. A Gulf War vet and ex-con always one stumble away from catastrophe, he manages to scrape together enough money from various jobs to eke out a precarious existence in the darker corners of Los Angeles. When he meets Emily, the black-sheep daughter of a wealthy family, the two spark an instant connection and she seems like the best thing to happen to him in a while.
But their whirlwind romance is put to the test when what starts out as a simple favor for a friend leaves Joe homeless, unemployed, and on the wrong side of a vengeful drug dealer. An impulsive offer to go on a road trip with Emily promises to take them out of harm's way—but may only lead to more chaos.
Part hard-boiled love story, part thriller, part character study of a tormented yet resilient soul, Joe Hustle ratchets up the tension as it rockets from the after-hours clubs and dive bars of the mean streets of L.A. to the mansions of the Hollywood Hills and, finally, to the desolate highways of the Southwest. What emerges is a gritty portrait of a man who may be down but can never be counted out.
