在这部第七十七府动作片中,A gang of Thai American hip hopster home boys in Los Angeles are working for an older Thai mob boss selling drugs and doing any sort of crime they can. Their boss is as ruthless as the older "godfather" if not more so.
One of the gang members is the son of a middle class Thai family who has a Thai restaurant. His father is a tax evader the IRS is after. His daughter tries to help his tax problems and convince her brother to stop his crime spree.
Little known to the gang a Thai cop comes over from Bangkok with only one thing in mind, which is to get them all busted. He goes to work in the restaurant saying he has worked in restaurants in Thailand. He knows this is the place he can get information on them but the family soon realizes he has never worked in a restaurant before. The gang soon becomes suspicious of him as well and do everything they can to stop him.
Thai Town is a six-block area near Hollywood, Los Angeles, which is home to over 50,000 expatriated Thais. The town is such a gateway for Thais entering America it was dubbed Thailand's 77th Province. The movie follows a Thai family as it struggles to survive in Los Angeles' fast-paced consumerist culture, while still maintaining traditional values. The identity struggle between Thai-ness and the high octane way of life on the west coast of America, defined by hip-hop, drugs, street racing and violence, affects Pat, a good boy tempted by a life of crime, and his sister.
