“Sometimes your battles choose you.”

Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.

“Having a wonderful time, wish I were here.”

A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.

“Cops or criminals. When you’re facing a loaded gun, what’s the difference?”

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.