In the rail yards of Queen, contractor repair and rebuild the city's subway car. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractor; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts. Willie Gutierrez, Leo's best friend, is Frank's bag man and heads a crew of midnight saboteur who ruin the work of the Puerto Rican-owned firm. Leo needs a job, so Willie pays him to be his back-up. Then things go badly wrong one night, a cop IDs Leo, and everyone now wants him out of the picture. Besides his ailing mom and his cousin Erica, to whom can Leo turn?

Mourinho (Mark Wahlberg ) innocent jailed for four years after his release to return home with him uncle flange ( James Caan ) and his cousin ( Joaquin Phoenix) to manage the family business , but found out that their loved ones to be involved into the city in large and small crimes , he has been thought that the safest place is the city 's most dangerous family. To the impartiality of the law , he decided to expose their secrets ...