With all travel booked for 4th of July weekend, a bounty hunter is forced to bring his jewel thief bail jumper to his family reunion in Atlanta, and eludes the FBI and the thief's dangerous ex-partner as he returns him to Chicago for his biggest payday.
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Time Period: PresentStory Location: USASpecial Effects: No SFXBounty hunter Russell Blues is hired by his bail bondsman to bring jewel thief El Bankston back to Chicago to collect his biggest bounty. He has to pay off the back taxes on his house within 30 days or his house will be foreclosed by the bank. Russell finds out that El is hiding out in his hometown Atlanta. Russell travels back to his hometown to capture him. He can't get El back to Chicago fast enough. Only one problem: all transportation is booked for the 4th of July weekend. With El's ex-partner Demarco Reno hell-bent on revenge, and FBI agents Scruggs and Dameron hot on their trail; Russell is forced to bring El to Russell's parents' house for his family reunion. Russell has El pose as his friend for his family. When El's rare stolen diamond goes missing; they must find it before the FBI catches them, Reno kills them or Russell's family discovers the truth. Now, they must become friends to outwit the FBI agents and take down Reno for Russell to get El back to Chicago and collect his money.
