A gritty thriller about Jimmy Kilmartin, an ex-convict out on parole, who is reluctantly lured back into the underworld for one last heist. Caught by a police detective, Jimmy is offered a deal: his freedom in return for turning informer on the ferociously wired gangster, Little Junior. Now, caught between the ruthless hoods he used to associate with and a group of ambitious government agents, Jimmy reenters a world he is determined to escape once and for all.