Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro and Oscar® nominee Edward Norton deliver powerful performances as a seasoned corrections official and a scheming inmate whose lives become dangerously intertwined in this "gritty and engrossing thriller" (Steve O'Brien WCBS-FM). Jack Mabry (De Niro), a parole officer days away from retirement, is asked to review the case of Gerald "Stone" Creeson (Norton), in prison for arson. Now eligible for early release, Stone needs to convince Jack he has reformed, but his attempts to influence the older man's decision with his wife Lucetta (a startling raw breakout performance by Milla Jovovich) have profound and unexpected effects on them both. This tale of passion, betrayal, and corruption skillfully weaves together the paralell journeys of two men grappling with dark impulses, as the line between lawman and lawbreaker becomes precariously thin.