The Puzzle Factory

Malaki is a young African American poet turned rapper. He walks down a busy Los Angeles road when he pulls out a mobile phone and records himself talking sinisterly into it. He enters a very prestigious bank and hands the teller the mobile phone with the sinister recording that Malaki made just before entering the bank. Terror is strewn across her face and she bags up lots of cash and hands it Malaki. Malaki's non-violent heist funds studio time over at sonic mic studios where his heist is broadcast on TV. Malaki is rapping when two well-built officers arrest him and take him into custody. While in custody Malaki is obnoxious and sarcastic when being analyzed by the local shrink. The doctor places him on an observatory section for twenty-eight days to whether or not he is mentally capable of standing trial for his crime. Malaki is quick to make friends with Alan Mulberry who is another client at Evergreen unit and who is of similar age. Malaki is soon introduced to all the other residents at the Evergreen unit and takes notice of the classy woman called Sofia King. Malaki keeps having disturbing nightmares of his younger brother's murder. He struggles to keep it to himself and tells Sofia. She shows sympathy. There is a seriously disturbed patient called Sarah who stabbed herself in the stomach killing her unborn child. Her condition is rapidly declining as she talks to her emotional wreck of a husband who is visiting and who is informed that her section has been renewed for another six months to the distress of her husband David. Malaki is being analyzed by the resident doctor and realizes a potential get out of jail free card on offer. Malaki acts completely insanely by making unhinged comments when the doctor asks his questions. Nurse Joe Dawson takes the patients on a day vacation to the wildlife park where Sofia and Malaki start falling for each other but both are too shy to say anything about it. The much-hated nurse Alex Dodgeway is cruel to the other patients as always. Two of the elderly residents of the hospital are now inseparable as Malaki's plan worked on getting them together which pleases Sofia King who now makes her move on Malaki. They both make love and become closer than ever. Malaki learns that his brother's killer will be at the rap battle which he is trying to attend to get the promoter's attention by winning the competition. Sofia looks at her pregnancy stick which proves it is positive. She is pregnant with Malaki's baby. She goes to tell Malaki. Sofia tries to tell Malaki but the much-hated nurse Alex Dodgeway interrupts unsetting Sofia he leaves the game room in tears which Malaki venomously attacks Alex with his dry wit and incensed Alex leaves the scene angrily. Sofia is in her room when Alex bursts in and rapes her. The very disturbed patient Sarah is in a tribunal hearing for Sarah's further detainment at evergreen when Alex tells the board that her husband has raped Sarah she told him. David is outraged and leaves the congregation in a volatile mood vowing that this is not the last they've heard of this. Later on Sofia writes a suicide note and uses the patient post box to post the letter and pregnancy stick to Malaki. Sofia takes her own life and Malaki is distraught until the next day he gets Sofia's suicide note and pregnancy stick. The letter tells Malaki that she no longer felt like a woman anymore after Alex raped her. Malaki is seething and seeks revenge. About a week later Alan calls Alex into his room when he is beaten to death by Malaki when suddenly a gunshot rings out through the whole ward. David has come back to take his wife home and kill the staff on duty while in the process. David heads for Sarah's bedroom and is told that she doesn't want to leave with him which breaks David's heart. He heads outside ready to face SWAT who have just arrived in the carpark of the Evergreen unit Malaki realizes an opportunity has just presented itself. He drags Alex's dead body into the staff room and positions the body in such a way that it looks like David did it. David shoots himself in the head when confronted by armed police. Malaki makes it out of Evergreen successfully evading a custodial sentence and enters the rap battle when he has a showdown rap battle against Big Wit his brother's killer. Malaki out raps Big Wit and punches him halfway across the stage after his final verse. Malaki takes some flowers to Sofia's grave where she unknown to Malaki appears behind him as a ghost-like angel figure who place one hand on his shoulder as he kneels in front of the grave wiping away tears.