Bad Black

Swaaz robs a bank and triggers a tense chase with the police through the city streets of Kampala. He orders his young helper Buddy Spencer to jump from the moving car with the money, while he diverts attention and leads the authorities away. The pursuit lasts for a while, and the escape ends tragically when Swaaz is cornered and dies after accidentally shooting his own car, which explodes.

A young girl flees into the slums of Kampala and becomes trapped in a child trafficking ring led by a former Uganda People's Defence Force commando. Hirigi violently assaults her after she mistakenly takes a tire iron from his van. Weeks of abuse pass and she witnesses the death of a friend, until she acts in self-defense and kills the ring leader.

Ten years pass and the girl has become Bad Black, the formidable head of the ghetto syndicate. She uses cunning and charm to exact revenge on Hirigi, seducing him in a bar to reopen old wounds.

A foreign physician, Doctor Ssali, arrives in Kampala to aid the city’s residents. Bad Black mistakes his dog tags for a sign of military command and escalates by stealing his money and passport after gaining access to his hotel.

Ssali’s young assistant, known by the pseudonym Wesley Snipes, teaches him the basics of kung fu commando before the two set out to find Bad Black across the slums. They form an unlikely team as they patrol the chaotic streets.

Hirigi banishes his teenage son Kenny and reveals plans to buy the ghetto and push the gang out, creating a fragile power dynamic. This move sets the stage for a brutal struggle over control of the area.

Bad Black brings Hirigi to her grandmother and uncovers the painful truth that Hirigi is her grandfather and has been involved with a woman from the ghetto. His shocked retaliation includes throwing Bad Black out and bolting from the scene, leaving the rift unresolved.

A police interruption during a drug deal throws Kampala into chaos, and Doctor Ssali corners Bad Black, reclaiming his dog tags and handing her over to the authorities.

In prison, Bad Black faces intimidation from a prison gang leader but forges a bond with her cellmate Flavia. Flavia explains that her own father banished her and she never got to see her child after birth, a story that adds a layer of shared sorrow to the inmates’ world.

That night Kenny and his gang attempt a daring breakout, triggering a riot that allows two other women to escape. Bad Black stays by Flavia’s side as Flavia nears release, but Bad Black is captured offscreen while Kenny’s capture is witnessed.

Days later, Flavia is released and attends Bad Black’s trial. Bad Black reveals that her father was Swaaz and that his bank robbery financed her birth. The courtroom learns that Flavia is Bad Black’s mother, and the two share a long embrace as the hearing adjourns.

Three months later, Alan resumes his medical mission in Wakaliga, with Bad Black serving as his nurse. The fragile balance tips when Hirigi’s wife appears at the medical camp and opens fire, killing Alan and turning the community’s fragile hope into a devastating loss.

Across these decades, alliances and betrayals shape a world where power shifts with risk. The characters reckon with loyalty, family, and the price of justice in a city where violence never fully ends.