“Mean Streak” revolves around Joe DiMaggio’s baseball record, set to be broken by a black player. When threats emerge, detective Lou Mattoni, harboring racist biases, teams up with black FBI agent Altman Rogers to ensure the player’s safety.

As the plot unfolds, young black men are gruesomely mutilated, their thumbs sent to the record-challenging player. These crimes mirror a past case of Mattoni’s, hinting at a white supremacist’s deeds. Mattoni must solve the mystery while grappling with his own prejudice.