Against his parent's wishes nineteen-year-old Tommy Carter throws away a promising career as a professional boxer to work for local villain Davey Abbott. Slowly he climbs the ranks and is promoted from collecting debts to working the protection rackets and strip clubs. When Davey's old adversary Dean Johnson comes on to the scene hell bent on revenge Tommy must take action and do everything he can to survive. When his boss is murdered in the crossfire Tommy is stunned to learn that Davey has left his business interests to him. Recruiting his younger brothers to work for him the Carters become a family that are both respected and feared. But its bank robberies that Tommy really excels at and staying one step ahead of the police Tommy plans out the robbery of all robberies when he plans to steal from the Top Dog of the East End Freddie Smith. After months of planning will it become one robbery too many when as a consequence everyone Tommy loves is at risk from the backlash of Freddie Smith and his henchmen.