在这部足够的土地惊悚/黑色电影片中,一日夜裡，拜把兄弟米爾科和馬諾洛不慎駕車撞死路人，情急之下決定肇事逃逸。原本深怕被盯上的兩人，卻意外得知他們害死的竟是正被黑幫追殺的抓耙子，機緣巧合陰錯陽差，米爾科和馬諾洛反而就此獲得黑道大哥的信賴，成為收錢辦事的專業殺手，逐步墜落至極惡之境……。 全片宛如荒涼的末日世界，以寫實客觀的手法，描繪義大利底層社會的荒謬困境。無窮盡的暴力事件吞噬著人們對希望的渴求，卻也微妙地拉出觀看的距離，成就了本片既絕望卻又帶著一絲溫柔的獨特氛圍，影像力道媲美《娥摩拉罪惡之城》。
Mirko and Manolo are best friends and live in the suburbs of Rome. They both live in poor conditions with their single parents, are still in school and struggle with occasional odd jobs to make ends meet. Together they share dreams of women, of sex and money, of a better life to come. After killing a man in a hit-and-run one night, they get involved with the local mafia and their lives change dramatically. Soon they find themselves doing the dirty work for their new bosses and have fresh blood on their hands. But lured by the dreams of easy money and illusions of a thriving career, they fail to realize the consequences of their choice. Life in the underworld becomes exceedingly tough and Mirko and Manolo soon disconnect from family and former friends as they engage on a download spiral, a pathway towards darkness.
