As the leader of an elite street crimes task force squad, New Orleans Detective Sean Reilly (Johnny Strong) has seen the worst violence the city has to offer. Life and death are never more than a breath away and it's sending him over the edge. Assigned by his commanding officer Captain Trahan (Tom Berenger) to an unsolved gangland killing, Reillys investigations lead him directly to his childhood friend Colin (Sean Patrick Flanery) who appears to be at the centre of the crime. Against heavy political pressure and deadly forces breathing down his neck, Sean Reilly is forced into a desperate race against the clock, and a brutal confrontation with his darkest fears.