Tillsammans med Luther Coleman rånar Hooker en man som visar sig bära på en enorm summa pengar. Luther blir dock inte lika förtjust och drar sig ur det hela. För sent står det klart att de rånat en man som arbetar för den inflytelserike Doyle Lonnegan från New York. När Hooker finner Luther brutalt mördad, beslutar han sig för att söka upp Luthers kamrat Gondorff. Gondorff blir chockad över beskedet om Luthers död, men lovar att utkräva hämnd. Tillsammans planerar de båda att utsätta Lonnegan för århundradets kupp.
A young man has recently become homeless on the streets of Glasgow, Scotland. He meets and befriends an older homeless man who takes him under his wing. A conversation begins between the two that leads to dark revelations.
Returning from an errand to buy bread, a boy finds a menacing dog blocking his way through the alley he must go down to get home. Frightened by the dog's barking, he asks various passers-by for help but no-one pays him any attention, and he must find a solution all by himself: he throws the dog a piece of bread and, while the animal is devouring it, he continues on his way home.
A distressed woman, a femme fatale, and a villainous bastard become entangled in a seedy world of lust, murder, and manipulation.
Clare has only her dog to keep her company. Her life isn't going so well. This morning, it's about to get much worse.