Alain and Shar, a struggling couple in the Los Feliz area of East Los Angeles, will have their resolve tested as a merciless heatwave threatens the sanity of everyone around them.

An enormous machine slowly materializes in a major West Coast city. Who sent it—and why—is a mystery, understood only by the malevolent beings gliding silently toward Earth through the inky vastness of space. In response, a multinational combat brigade called Gladiator Two-Six is deployed. Outfitted with next-generation military science and weapons, they're tasked with stopping any extraterrestrial threat that emerges.