 Townsend stars as a mild-mannered schoolteacher, who becomes a superhero after his neighborhood in Washington, D.C. is terrorized by street gangs.Jefferson Reed (Robert Townsend) is a mild-mannered school teacher in Washington, D.C. His neighborhood is terrorized by a local gang called "The Golden Lords", led by Simon Caine (Roy Fegan) and allied with drug lord Anthony Byers (Frank Gorshin).One night, Jeff steps in to rescue a woman from the gang only to end up running from them himself.