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Lou is a reclusive, weary gym manager in a desolate New Mexican desert town, trapped in a mundane existence defined by endless cleaning and the toxic shadow of her gun-running father, Lou Sr. Her monotonous life shatters when Jackie, an ambitious, muscular drifter hitchhiking to a Las Vegas bodybuilding competition, walks into her gym. An intense, magnetic attraction sparks instantly between the two women. Jackie moves in with Lou, and their romance quickly escalates into a consuming, passionate affair fueled by mutual desire and a shared sense of isolation.However, complications arise immediately. Jackie takes a job working for Lou Sr., plunging herself deeper into the criminal underworld that Lou desperately wants to escape. Lou’s sister, Beth, suffers horrific domestic abuse at the hands of her husband, JJ. Desperate to protect her sister and free her from JJ’s cruelty, Lou orchestrates a plan to scare him off, but Jackie—eager to prove her loyalty and fueled by steroids that make her increasingly volatile—takes matters into her own hands, brutally murdering JJ.Panic sets in as Lou helps cover up the crime, disposing of the body. Meanwhile, federal agents monitoring Lou Sr.’s illegal operations close in on the family. As the pressure mounts, Jackie’s steroid abuse turns her into an aggressive, unpredictable force, alienating Lou and threatening to unravel their desperate cover-up. Betrayals mount within the criminal enterprise, and Lou Sr. targets Jackie to protect his empire, believing she is a liability.Lou is forced to confront her deeply repressed trauma and her father's tyrannical control. A violent confrontation erupts at the desert motel where Jackie is hiding. After a chaotic and bloody showdown, Lou eliminates her father, securing a fragile and terrifying freedom. Yet, the climax reaches surreal heights when Lou and Jackie attempt to flee into the desert. Jackie ingests a mysterious, experimental substance or undergoes a bizarre physiological mutation, growing to a colossal, giant-like size.In the film’s final surreal moments, a massive Jackie hides Lou beneath her enormous body in the scorching desert landscape, evading the authorities. Despite the bizarre transformation, the ending cements their unbreakable, monstrous bond. They have shed their past lives, surviving the violence of their environment through a terrifying, all-consuming devotion to one another, driving away into an uncertain future as outcasts bound by blood, crime, and an extraordinary, otherworldly love.