The drunken spree of Scottish detective Ray Lennox, who has grabbed a vacation in Miami and met a couple of cheerful American women in a pub, leads to completely unexpected results... Ray witnesses a brutal crime and intends to administer justice on his own - and to do it with true Edinburgh dashing. And these American cops - who needs them? They are not even able to understand that playing with death is fun, and it is necessary to defend the law with the same thrill as breaking it!