Darkly comic crime drama telling the intersecting tales of three residents of New York's Staten Island. Small-time mobster Tarzo (Vincent D'Onofrio) is looking to up his game and become a serious contender. Meanwhile, sanitation worker Sully (Ethan Hawke) is planning a robbery in order to get the money he needs for an operation for his baby son. When their mutual acquaintance, deaf-mute deli assistant Jasper (Seymour Cassel), becomes embroiled in their plans, all three men find themselves in over their heads.