| Director | Dito Montiel |
|---|---|
| Genre | action film, biographical film, drama film |
| Runtime | 95 min |
| Country | United States |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $1.1 million |
In 2002, Jonathan White is a rookie police officer under Captain Marion Mathers in the Queens, New York, neighborhood where he grew up. To provide for his wife Kerry and ailing young daughter, he works hard to keep his life on track, but his life is threatened when a dark secret surfaces. An anonymous source reveals new information about two unsolved murders from 1986 in the same neighborhood. In 1986, 14-year-old Jonathan killed two men in self-defense. His friends Vinnie and Vicky helped him dispose of the bodies and keep their involvement a secret from the authorities. The detective on the case, Stanford, knew that Jonathan was involved, but he disposed of the evidence out of loyalty to Jonathan's late father, who had been his partner. The boyfriend of Vinnie's mother forced Vinnie to have sex with him. Vinnie and Jonathan decided to rob the man and escape, but their plan failed.
In 2002, Jonathan meets with Vinnie for the first time in years, and realizes he has descended into mental illness. Jonathan has been getting anonymous phone calls and letters threatening to expose what he did 16 years ago, so he contacts Loren Bridges, the reporter who has been trying to create a newspaper story from the source material that has been leaked. He tries to convince her not to publish the story, but she refuses and leaves. When she leaves the restaurant, she is followed and murdered by an unknown assailant. When Kerry demands to know what is happening, Jonathan admits to her that he was responsible for the killings.
The next morning, Jonathan learns of Loren's death before he receives a call from Captain Mathers, who informs him that Jonathan's partner is outside waiting for him. He is taken to privately meet with Mathers and Stanford, the latter who is now the city's police commissioner and intends to hand the job to Mathers after he retires. Mathers shows photos of Jonathan and Loren in a restaurant before her death. Mathers and Stanford tell him that they had Loren killed to prevent her from publishing the story and making the department look bad; they threaten to frame him for her murder unless he cooperates.
Jonathan heads home, but soon turns around and drives to Vinnie's apartment, knowing that Mathers and Stanford are going to kill him. He arrives to find the men on the roof about to murder Vinnie. Jonathan tries to intervene, but his partner holds him back and Mathers shoots and wounds him. Mathers hands a gun to Vinnie and orders him to kill Jonathan, but Vinnie decides to shoot Mathers instead. Stanford shoots Vinnie, who falls off of the roof. Stanford tells Jonathan to leave and forget about everything that has happened. Jonathan reluctantly leaves and finds a dying Vinnie, who tells him that he never told anyone what had happened.
Mathers's death and the two 1986 murders are blamed on Vinnie, who is portrayed as a mentally unstable murderer in the media. Jonathan tries to carry on a normal life. Vicky sends a letter to Jonathan explaining that this will be her last letter, identifying herself as the person who sent the letters to the newspaper.