The film opens with three boys, Jimmy Marcus, Sean Devine, and Dave Boyle playing hockey in a Boston street in 1977. A car pulls up and a man pretending to be a police officer gets out, and tells Dave to get in the car. He is held in a basement and abused by two child molesters. Four days later, he escapes.
犯罪社会から足を洗い雑貨店を営むジミーと、家族と共に平凡な毎日を過ごすデイヴ、そして刑事のショーンの3人は特に仲良しというわけでもないが、同じボストンで暮らし少年時代を共に過ごした幼馴染である。
Over the course of the film, Sean and his partner track down leads while
Jimmy conducts his own investigation using his neighborhood connections.
Sean discovers that the gun used to kill Katie was also used in a liquor
store robbery during the 1980s by "Just Ray" Harris, the father
of Brendan (Katie's boyfriend). Harris has been missing for some time,
but Sean believes that his gun was still in the house. Sergeant Powers
suspects Dave as a possible perpetrator because he was one of the last
people to see Katie alive.
しかし彼らが11歳のとき、デイブが見ず知らずの大人に誘拐され性的暴力を受けたのを境に離れ離れになる。それから25年経ったある日、ジミーの娘が遺体となって発見され、殺人課の刑事となっていたショーンがその事件の担当となった。事件の当日、何故か血まみれになって帰ってきたデイヴが容疑者として浮上する。
He also has a wounded hand and even though he continues to tell his wife
he got it while being mugged, he tells the police a different story - soon
Jimmy becomes suspicious of it. Dave continues to behave strangely, which
upsets his wife to the point she is afraid he will hurt her. While Jimmy
and his associates conduct their investigation, Dave's wife eventually
tells Jimmy about Dave's behavior and the bloody clothing and her suspicions.
デイヴの妻であるセレステは夫が犯人ではないかという不安を隠しきれず、娘を殺された怒りに震えるジミーに心中を告白する。それを聞いたジミーは犯罪者時代の仲間を集めデイブを酒場に呼び出した。事件当日血まみれになったのは、少年に性的暴行を加えていた男を殴り殺したからであると主張するデイヴにジミーは聞く耳を持たなかった。
While Dave is being killed, Brendan (having found out about his father's gun during questioning) confronts his younger brother Ray Jr. and his brother's friend John about Katie's murder. He beats the two boys and threatens to kill them if they don't admit their guilt, but he is almost shot by John. Sean and Powers arrive just in time to stop it.
強引に娘の殺害を自供させようとするジミーらに、耐え切れなくなったデイヴは娘を殺したと言ってしまう。ジミーはデイヴを殺害しその遺体を川に沈め復讐を果たす。
The next morning, Sean tells Jimmy that the police have Katie's murderers – who have confessed. She was killed by Brendan's brother and his friend in a violent prank gone wrong. Sean asks Jimmy if he has seen Dave, because he is wanted for questioning in another case, the murder of a known child molester. A distraught Jimmy thanks Sean for finding his daughter's killers, but says "if only you had been a little faster." Sean reunites with his wife and his daughter Nora.
しかし、事件の真犯人はショーンらによってすでに逮捕されていた。時を同じくしてデイヴが言っていた、少年に性的暴行を加えていた男の死体も発見される。後日開催されたパレード。行方不明のまま帰って来ないデイヴの身を案じてか、デイヴの家族は心から楽しめない。ショーンは、ジミーがデイヴの行方を知っているのではないかと疑いをかけるがジミーは白を切る。ジミーは平静を装いながらも後悔の念に苛まれるのであった。
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