A newlywed interracial couple, Chris and Lisa Mattson, are moving into their first home. Chris’s first exchanges with their neighbor, widowed and longtime LAPD African American policeman Abel Turner, have somewhat hostile undertones, with Abel making comments about Chris’ smoking (which Abel later exposes to Lisa) and listening to hip hop music, and making remarks about his race in his relationship with Lisa. The following night, Chris and Lisa have sex in their swimming pool. Unbeknownst to them, Abel’s children, Marcus and Celia, are watching them. Abel arrives home and witnesses the spectacle. Angered, he repositions his house security floodlights to shine into Chris and Lisa’s bedroom window, keeping them awake.
Abel begins to insinuate to Chris that he disapproves of his marriage and that he wants them to move out of their new neighborhood. One evening, Chris and Lisa hear noises downstairs and find the tires on Chris’ car slashed. Suspecting Abel, they call the police, who are unable to do anything because of Abel’s status within the LAPD. Chris retaliates by shining his own floodlights into Abel’s bedroom. Lisa later reveals she is pregnant, creating conflict with Chris, who does not yet want children. Meanwhile, Abel is suspended without pay for abusing a suspect, inciting more fury within him.
Abel continues harassing the couple by hosting a loud bachelor party with his colleagues where he forces Chris to be sexually harassed by a stripper. Chris later plants trees along the fence between their properties, which leads to a near-violent exchange, as Abel objects to having trees hanging over his property. When Chris goes to a local bar, Abel enters and tells Chris that his own wife died in a traffic accident while alone with her white male employer, even though she was supposed to be nursing an elderly Jewish patient, leading him to believe that she was being unfaithful. The tragedy and his suspicions left him with a hatred for whites and interracial relationships.
Abel sends his informant, Clarence Darlington, to trash the Mattson’s home in another effort to scare them out. Lisa arrives home early, surprising Clarence. They struggle and Lisa is knocked out, but not before she triggers the alarm. Chris races home, followed by a frustrated Abel. When Abel comes across his hired hoodlum trying to escape, he kills him in order to keep him quiet. Lisa is rushed to the hospital, but recovers. The final confrontation between Chris and Abel ends with Chris surviving and exposing Abel’s corrupt actions, leading to Abel’s demise at the hands of his former colleagues.
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