Set in the after-hours world of wanderers, lost souls, fantasies and desires. Where dreams have died and nobody sleeps. Inhabited by Mercy (Lori Foxworth), a stripper who's reaching the end of the road. Too much running, too many men, who can only survive through a haze of drugs. Nick, a detective who once loved Mercy and now wanders the night dispensing his own justice. Dubois (Anthony D'Juan), a writer whose deteriorating vision has driven him into the shadows. Edie (Bonnie Bennett), a nightclub singer who has returned to an old watering hole for one final bow. And a young drifter (Kelly Patton Nixon) who arrives in the night looking for her past. Nightbeats haunts long into the night. "An unsparing film" (Carla Meyer, Sacramento Bee)