A small, remote desert town is turned upside down when two bikers from the Iron Bandits gang show up at a local bar, rough up the patrons and rob the place. On their way out, the bikers threaten to hurt anyone who comes after them. The following day, in a dazzling display of bravery, John Gray, a local actor in a theater show, apprehends the two bikers using a gun filled with blanks. The leader of the gang (Lou Diamond Phillips) promises to get even with John and the town.