The story takes place in Brooklyn's notorious Brownsville district. Eddie Dugan (Richard Gere) is an old policeman who can retire in one week. His more than 20 years of career has allowed him to see through the dirty social rules and just seek a smooth retirement and not to make any trouble.However, things went against his wishes. He was assigned to supervise a newcomer to work. It seemed that every young man who had just become a policeman had a stubbornness to save the world, which made Eddie weak and disgusted.Surrey (Ethan Hawke) is a New York policeman with an ordinary salary. He has several children but still lives in a narrow black area with his wife. He is ridiculed. In order to raise money to buy a house, he begins to think of seizing stolen money in the police station.Tan Go (played by Don Cheadle) is an undercover agent sent by the police to the drug dealer group. After completing the last mission, he can get a clerk job he dreams of. However, the target of this mission is Kaz (played by Wesley Snipes), a drug dealer who once saved his life. Tan Go is in a dilemma.Unexpectedly, fate led these three helpless people to the same point