| Director | Director X, Director X. |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 116 min |
| Country | United States |
| Budget | $16 million |
| Box office | $20.8 million |
Youngblood Priest is a young cocaine kingpin from Atlanta, Georgia, working the streets since he was brought in by his mentor Scatter at age eleven. He lives with his two girlfriends, Georgia and Cynthia.
Juju, a member of rival gang Snow Patrol, attempts to hit on Cynthia and pulls a gun on Priest, accidentally hitting a bystander. The Snow Patrol members leave while Priest gives the victim money and directs them to the trauma center.
Priest confides in his second-in-command Eddie that he wants out of drug-dealing, and has a plan. Eddie has his back but Scatter refuses to help. Juju suspects Priest of a hit on Snow Patrol and plans to retaliate. Snow Patrol deduces that Priest's colleague, Fat Freddie, was one of the assailants. Deciding to set Priest up, Eddie contacts two corrupt police officers to start their long plan to destroy Snow Patrol.
Fat Freddie is pulled over by corrupt cops Franklin and Mason. They discover cocaine and find Eddie in Freddie's contacts. With Mason's gun at Freddie's head, his girlfriend Rochelle reveals his criminal history and Priest's identity. Franklin shoots and kills them both.
Mason threatens to expose Priest's dealing if he does not work with her. Fighting over recriminations about Freddie's death, Priest starts strangling Eddie but leaves him unconscious. Franklin and Mason show up at Fat Freddie's funeral demanding their upfront payment of $1 million.
Then Scatter surprises Priest there, ordering him to meet with his supplier Adalberto, after finding out he'd cut a secret deal for more product. Adalberto kills Scatter, having realized he had been stealing from him. He then threatens Priest, telling him that he can never get out of the game.
Snow Patrol members led by Juju shoot up Priest's mansion. During the shootout, Cynthia shoots back but is killed, and Priest and Georgia set fire to the mansion. Juju runs through the fire and out of the mansion to get in a car chase with Priest, Georgia and now Q.
Chasing Priest, Juju is injured and Q is killed in car crashes. Eddie feigns allegiance with Snow Patrol, and tricks them into an ambush where they are killed by Mason and other cops alerted by Priest.
Priest thanks Eddie for his help and prepares to leave the country with Georgia. He blackmails the mayor with a sex tape in exchange for a certain file of a convicted drug kingpin and promises he'll win in the upcoming election.
Adalberto is disowned by his mother, when she obtains the file from Priest about her son setting up his other brother into prison and executed at her order after she discloses the proof that he framed his brother for a crime. As she walks away her men dispose of Adalberto's men who was also executed. Then instead of paying off Mason, Priest tips off the police. She is arrested for cocaine possession and dismissed from the force.
Priest meets Franklin and beats him to a pulp to avenge Freddie's murder. Having settled his business obligations, and with his enemies either dead or in custody, Priest and Georgia relax on a cruise in Montenegro. When Georgia asks Priest how he feels, he replies, "Free."