Four women, Stony (Jada Pinket), Cleo (Queen Latifah), Frankie (Vivica A. Fox), and Tisean (Kimberly Elsie) have spent a lifetime struggling to move away from the mean streets of their neighbourhood. But the system stole their dreams and now they are determined to steal them back. Targeting the banks of Los Angeles, the four rob the city’s most vulnerable financial institutions. Flash with cash, they discover that easy money can inch them towards their elusive goal of escaping LA â€" but it can’t solve their problems. The police are hot on their trail, with Detective Strode determined to pin the crimes on the girls. Soon the four realize that breaking out of prison may be easier that busting free from the hood...