Andy, a frustrated, drug-using New York accountant (Philip Seymour Hoffman - MI3) with a failing marriage to Gina (Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler), is in desperate need of some money. He persuades his timid younger brother (Ethan Hawke - Training Day), to rob their parents' jewellery store and solve all of their monetary problems. But the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends the brothers and their father hurtling towards a shattering climax...