Set during the 1970s, the story begins with a man named Sonny, played by Allan Paule, who is serving as a policeman. During this time, he acquires a firearm from a gun dealer named Eduardo, portrayed by Archie Adamos. The danger of the weapon is highlighted early on when Sonny's young son, Miguel, played by JC Santos, attempts to play with the gun, prompting a stern warning from his father about how lethal the weapon truly is. However, Sonny's own morality is compromised when he accepts a side job to assassinate a student leader. This clandestine operation ends in tragedy for Sonny, as he is injured during the act and becomes incapacitated.
Fast forward to the late 2010s, and the cycle continues as Miguel, now grown, has followed in his father's footsteps and is working as a policeman. While visiting a volleyball court, Miguel encounters a balut vendor named Jun, played by Elijah Canlas, who secretly moonlights as a drug dealer. Through a tense interaction, Jun realizes that Miguel is actually hunting him. A chaotic chase ensues, during which Jun taunts Miguel. In a strange turn of events, Jun comes into possession of the exact same gun once owned by Sonny and orders Miguel to shoot him. Unwilling to pull the trigger, Jun flees and spends the remainder of the night hiding inside a pushcart.
The following day, Jun finds himself pursued by a gang of young men whom he had ironically hired to abduct him. When the situation turns sour, Jun threatens them with the firearm, forcing them to retreat. However, he is later tracked down by Steph, played by Sky Teotico, one of the members of the gang. In an unexpected act of kindness, Steph assists Jun, providing him with money and urging him to flee the city for his own safety. Jun agrees to leave and hands the gun over to Steph.
This act of mercy does not go unnoticed by the rest of the gang, and Steph is heavily chided for helping Jun, though he denies his involvement. The group subsequently plans a residential robbery, and despite the tension, Steph insists on participating. During the heist, Steph finds himself isolated and ends up shooting the female occupant of the house. In a panic, he discards the gun in a bin outside. While the immediate outcome of his actions is left ambiguous—marked only by the sound of distant gunshots—it is later revealed that his body is found bloodied on the streets.
Parallel to these events, the narrative explores the life of a woman, played by Janine Gutierrez, who is trapped in a cycle of abuse and domination by the men around her. Her daily existence is a series of humiliations: her store manager berates her during uniform inspections, cruelly demanding she change her stockings because they are damaged. She is further mistreated by a sari-sari store owner who rudely sells her soiled sanitary napkins. On the streets, she is heckled and sexually harassed by the same gang that pursued Jun, including Steph. Even her sanctuary is violated when she discovers her landlord peeping on her female roommate and her boyfriend.
The breaking point occurs after another humiliating encounter with her manager. A male colleague, played by Felix Roco, offers her two sets of stockings as a gift. While she is trying them on to see which fits better, the colleague suddenly and violently forces himself on her sexually. Upon returning home, the woman hears gunshots and discovers the discarded firearm lying outside her house.
Finding power in the weapon, the woman's demeanor shifts. When she returns to the sari-sari store and is once again treated with cruelty, she fires the gun inside the shop, leaving the owner pleading for his life. She later intervenes when she finds her roommate being sexually violated by her boyfriend, using the gun to threaten the man and force him to leave. Her final act of defiance takes place at her workplace; when her manager once again accosts her about her damaged stockings, she removes them and forces the manager to eat the stockings.
As she flees the store, chased by security, she tracks down the male colleague who assaulted her. She confronts him with the intent to kill, but at the last moment, she changes her mind and fires a shot into the ground beside him. As the man escapes in terror, she throws the gun into the Pasig River and disappears into the crowd of onlookers drawn by the sound of the gunfire. The film concludes with the woman's ultimate fate remaining uncertain.
