Chris Brinker directs this thriller based on real events starring Willem Dafoe, Amy Smart and Matt Dillon. Determined to bring down a powerful southern gang, detective Bud Carter (Dafoe) concentrates all his powers of persuasion on Jesse Weiland (Dillon), a member of the syndicate in custody for his misdeeds. Facing a lifetime in prison, Weiland agrees to become an informant for Carter, whose ultimate goal is to take down crime boss Lutin Adams (Tom Berenger). However, when the resourceful Adams learns of the plan, events escalate rapidly and the situation threatens to turn extremely nasty...

A local biker-gang leader (Mickey Rourke), despite reforming his ways, is still the hero of local adolescents. His younger brother (Matt Dillon) idolises him, even though his mentor strives to persuade him that he has done nothing to be proud of. Shot in black and white (with occasional touches of colour), this is an atmospheric rites-of-passage tale with a musical score by Stewart Copeland and featuring many members of the so-called eighties 'Brat Pack'.

A local biker-gang leader (Mickey Rourke), despite reforming his ways, is still the hero of local adolescents. His younger brother (Matt Dillon) idolises him, even though his mentor strives to persuade him that he has done nothing to be proud of. Shot in black and white (with occasional touches of colour), this is an atmospheric rites-of-passage tale with a musical score by Stewart Copeland and featuring many members of the so-called eighties 'Brat Pack'.