During a police strike in Nova Scotia's capital city, a gang of hoodlums end up unintentionally causing the owner of a gay bar to be killed. This escalates into a string of murders with a lone survivor trying to not be next.

迪伦·福斯特是一个改过自新的前罪犯，患有严重的心理问题。假释在家的他一边接受心理治疗，一边与身为历史学家的弟弟通信。就在弟弟在岛上有了新发现的时候，迪伦却意外地收到了弟弟的死讯，和一封邀请他去参加弟弟的葬礼的来信。突如其来的变故打破了暂时的宁静，迪伦再一次变得情绪不受控。他只身逃跑去调查弟弟的死因。这也惹得FBI派人去追…