 In the future, the Earth has transformed into a unbreathable wasteland where most of the ocean has dried up and trees no longer grows on the surface due to pollution. The human race is now living in underground cities beneath the surface. In L.A. Former bodyguard Lori is pulled out of retirement when her former employer Juice hires her when Juice sales electronic narcotics "chips" to Plughead, a psychotic chip dealer who is more machine than man. When the deal goes wrong and Juice is killed in a undercover police operation. In possession of the "chips", Lori hires a robotic gigolo named Danner to help her get out of L.A. to New York, where she plans to sale the "chips", where they are pursued by Plughead and two clumsy police detectives, as they travel across the unbreathable surface to New York City, as Plughead wants the "chips" for himself.