XXI century. It is summer in St. Petersburg. A student named Rodion Raskolnikov is exhausted by the lack of money, being unemployed, and ruminating on the meaninglessness of his existence. Each day, he grows to believe that some people are 'entitled' to perform the most horrific acts if they make extraordinary discoveries and propel the world forward. Having dared to test this theory, he kills a senior microlender. Porfiry Petrovich, a police detective on a mission to get Raskolnikov's confession, is closing in on his tail.