Synopsis
Mike Malloy is an NYPD homicide detective whose sense of justice looks more like revenge. When a serial killer begins executing Wall Street bankers and leaving populist calls for justice at the crime scenes, the NYPD labels the murders terrorism and forms a joint task force to catch him. Leading the investigation is Will Manetti, an ambitious, by-the-book young detective with the Counter Terrorism Bureau. The son of a disgraced NYPD cop, Will is driven to erase his father's stain.
As the killings continue and pressure on the task force mounts, a growing protest movement rallies around the unknown vigilante, believing he is delivering the justice that the courts and the government have failed to.
As the detectives interview foreclosure victims whose photos were left at the crime scenes, Malloy listens to their stories of injustice at the hands of the banks and begins to sympathize with the killer's cause. He sees in him a kindred spirit: a man who, like himself, is willing to pursue justice at any cost.
During a routine interview with a man they believe is just another foreclosure victim, Malloy and Will realize they've stumbled upon the killer, an out-of-work house painter who calls himself David Hart. David runs, and Malloy and Will become separated in the chase. Malloy corners David alone and faces a crisis of conscience. He believes in David's mission, so he lets him go.
But as the investigation deepens, new evidence begins to suggest that the killer is not who Malloy thinks he is.
Honors
- Optioned by independent producers, 2015