Police captain Maxim Yuryev was once invited to act in a movie, where he played a tough guy. This ended his acting career, and the captain returned to real life. However, even here there were more than enough dizzying adventures: the bandit clans started new civil strife, and operative Yuryev joined the investigation of a complicated and dangerous case. But what about him? Did he forget that this is not a film set and that the surrounding area is not scenery? Why does Maxim, forgetting about fear, rush into the very lair of criminal thugs?