Within hours of arriving in Malaysia, Amarillo cowboy Noland Fritch and East Texas artist Kent Day face both dangerous criminals and over-zealous local police. While some of the thugs who confront Noland and Kent in the streets of Kuala Lumpur seem harmless and comical, others, especially those trafficking in sex slaves and drugs, prove to be serious in planning to murder the two Texans. The "detective" who searches for and follows Noland and Kent is a bumbling playwright who hopes to catch the two by writing and producing a play about them.