Norwegian drug kingpins are attacking the new immigrant criminal gangs who wish to get the profits of selling heroin to themselves.

Amid this, three immigrant boys by the name of Wasim, Riaz and Munawar all coming from the Norwegian Pakistani community are growing up on the east side of Oslo.

Life is also boring growing up in the safest city in the world, and the boys find school to be a drag.

They decide to take a shortcut in gaining respect by joining the gang of East Side Crew, which is led by the local petty criminals Sadiq and his brother Khalid.

Wasim and his two friends find their status in the local community to be rising and their peers giving them more respect as they suddenly get money from their gang activities.

The manhunt sets up a string of brutal events and eventually Wasim tries to think of a plan where he can get the ultimate revenge without getting himself killed or caught by the authorities.

The music in the soundtrack all comes from known Norwegian rock bands with songs that are made from the late 70s to the 80s, 90s and early 2000s.

The bands that are included in the soundtrack are Amulet, Anal Babes, Backstreet Girls, Bonk, Brut Boogaloo, Cato Salsa Experience, DumDum Boys, Gluecifer, Jokke med Tourettes, Kung Fu Girls, Madrugada, Raga Rockers, Ricochets and So Much Hate.

[11] The soundtrack of Izzat was also made into a separate album which was released in September 2005 by Columbia Records which is owned by Sony.

[18] Izzat is considered part of the Norwegian diasporic cinema scene and has been compared to the American action film Goodfellas.

[13] The film did not gather any significant reception in Pakistan and Izzat remained mostly a success within Norway.

[13] Izzat was well received by the general public, not because of the ethnic theming of the movie, but rather for its engaging action and thriller suspense.

[21] Izzat is considered part of the new wave cinema that emerged in Norway after 2001 when the Norwegian government created a new national film policy.

The film takes place in the same canonical universe as Izzat being about a young Pakistani boy growing up in Oslo, although Haram is not a direct sequel and the story follows a new protagonist Omar played by Elias Ali.