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Gang-bangers come up against a new enemy who doesn't recognize any colors other than blood red in this urban horror story. Mac T (Ethan Ednee) is the battle-hardened leader of a street gang in South Central Los Angeles called the Lords of Crenshaw; Mac T and his lieutenants aren't afraid to use violence to get their way, and they've scheduled a meeting with Mitchell (Reggie Bannister), an underground arms merchant, to increase their stockpile of firepower. What the Lords don't know is Mitchell has also scheduled a meeting with another gang at the same time -- El Diablo Muerto, a crew from the East L.A. barrios led by tough-guy Caesar (Noel Gugliemi). When the Lords and the Diablos discover they're both in Mitchell's secret warehouse, it looks as if war s about to break out, until unusual circumstances provide them with a common and deadly enemy. A meteor has crashed near Mitchell's compound that has turned the recent dead into zombies with a taste for human flesh. The two gangs discover they're right in the path of dozens of the hungry undead, along with several innocent bystanders -- an egocentric television weatherman, his wife and a psychotic street preacher -- and they must all join forces to battle the zombies if there's to be any hope of survival. Last Rites was the first full-length feature film from writer, director and visual effects artist Duane Stinnett.