The story takes place in the notorious Brownsville district of Brooklyn. Eddie Dugan (Richard Gere) is an old policeman who will retire in a week. His career of more than 20 years has made him see through the dirty social rules. He only wants to retire smoothly and not make trouble. However, things went against his wishes. He was assigned to supervise a newcomer. It seems that every young man who has just become a policeman has the stubbornness to save the world, which makes Eddie powerless and disgusted. Sally (Ethan Hawke) is a New York policeman with an ordinary salary. He has several children but still lives with his wife in a narrow black area. He is ridiculed. In order to raise money to buy a house, he began to think about the stolen money seized by the police station. Tang Ge (Don Cheadle) is an undercover agent sent by the police to the drug cartel. After completing the last mission, he can get a clerk job he has always dreamed of. However, the target of this mission is the drug dealer Kaz (Wesley Snipes) who once saved his life. Tang Ge is in a dilemma. Unexpectedly, fate leads these three helpless people to the same point...