Plot: In New York, the decadent alcoholic Jimmy Conlon is the former hit man known as Gravedigger. Jimmy is a lonely man and his only friend is the mobster Sean Maguire that was also his boss. Jimmy's estranged son Mike Conlon is a former boxer that works as limousine driver and is married with children. Sean's son Danny Maguire is an ambitious troublemaker. On the Christmas Day, Danny deals with Albanian drug dealers but Sean refuses to participate. Danny schedules a meeting with the men at home to give the money he had received back. Mike coincidently drives the two Albanian in the limousine and Danny kills them in his house. Then he hunts Mike down since he does not want eyewitnesses for what he did. Jimmy goes to Mike's house and saves his life killing Danny. Now Sean seeks revenge and puts a contract on Jimmy and Mike that are hunted down along the night by the mobsters, the hired hit man and the corrupt police officers. Sean does not want a deal and Jimmy's only chance to protect Mike and his family is the support of the honest Detective Harding that has been on his tail for many years.
Alternative Plot: Longtime hit man Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson), best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris), has seen better days. He's haunted both by the sins of his past and a police detective who's been breathing down his neck for 30 years, and the only comfort Jimmy has is whiskey. However, when his estranged son (Joel Kinnaman) becomes a mob target, Jimmy figures that the only way to atone for his past mistakes is to make sure that his son doesn't wind up at the wrong end of a gun.
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