彼得(乔尔·金纳曼 Joel Kinnaman 饰)曾经是一名精明强干的特种兵,因为一场意外而锒铛入狱,身陷囹圄的彼得被告知可以获得提前释放的机会,但作为交换,彼得必须成为联邦调查局的线人,暗中协助调查局派出的卧底,合力将黑帮老大拉下马。 心心念念妻子的安危,彼得接受了联邦调查局开出的条件,哪知道任务刚刚执行没多久,卧底就曝光了身份惨遭杀害。黑帮老大要求彼得补偿由于他的失误而给帮派造成的损失,进一步命令他回到监狱中,在那里暗中进行毒品交易。与此同时,彼得的举动也引起了纽约警方的注意,一时之间,彼得被夹在三股强大的势力之间,每天都徘徊在死亡边缘。
A cop (Roberts) tries to bust a gang of teenage gun dealers. In the process he catches only one and tries to charge him with a number of offences but fails since the gang member is underage. One by one the youth's friends start turning up dead. It is up to Dylan (Roberts), and his partner to save the youth from the same fate as the rest of his gang.