Jersey City, banlieue de New York. Le destin croisé de trois adolescentes dans un monde sans pitié. Oz, 17 ans, dealeuse de drogue respectée de la rue, se démène pour la sauvegarde de sa famille ; Suzette, jeune fille de 15 ans sans histoire fait basculer le cours de sa vie en tombant amoureuse d'un caïd local ; enfin Marisol, jeune mère-célibataire, doit affronter ses propres démons pour conserver la garde de son enfant.
Alienated and cold, The Mortician (Method Man) processes the corpses with steely disregard. He is lonely and isolated. He is introduced to his new employee, Noah, (EJ Bonilla) by the morgue boss (Edward Furlong). Noah is a volatile youth working as part of his parole.Noah brings the notorious gangster, Carver (Dash Mihok), and his crew to the mortuary door. The Mortician's attention is pricked by the tattoo of Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus' inked on the body of a murdered woman (Judy Marte), that arrives at the morgue, triggering a series of haunting dreams from his childhood. Discovering a scared child, Kane (Cruz Santiago), fleeing the morgue, he's forced to act. They become reluctant allies, struggling for redemption as they run. Through his awkward heroism, the Mortician reconnects with his long forgotten past, and finds the answers he's been searching for. He find redemption and peace.
Sadie est une ex-femme battue, encore traumatisée par les blessures morales et physiques infligées par son mari et la perte de son fils. Pour sauver d’autres victimes de violences domestiques, femmes abusées et enfants maltraités, elle va se transformer en justicière en se formant aux techniques de combat.