The film centers on "French" (Jeremy Pope), a gay man traveling around who’s distanced himself from his mother, “Inez” (Gabrielle Union), who works as a prison guard. Feeling like he’s headed toward drugs, illness, and possibly death, French decides to enlist in the U.S. Marines, having been unsuccessful at most other things he's tried. His mother expresses some doubt about this choice, but he proceeds to boot camp w…