Seagal stars as mob kingpin Mr. Alexander, an old-school boss who rules his criminal empire with both nobility and brutality. For a simple prison hit, he sends his best enforcer and protégé Roman Hurst (Foster). When the hit goes wrong, Hurst is forced to pay the price of his failure: banishment in the city that he almost once ruled. But a war is brewing for the soul of the city between Alexander, a cold-blooded gangster known as 'The Iceman" (Rhames) and a merciless Mexican cartel. Hurst, with the help of an ex-con restaurant owner (Trejo) who has a few hidden moves of his own, will rediscover his own will to survive the coming conflict and to wreak vengeance on those who have wronged him.
Some scenes take place in a stip club with several scenes of topless women
violence
Alot of very strong violence takes place throughout
One character is tortured by having his hands broken.
There is a prolonged scene involving a witchdoctor using scorpions to repair the damaged hands of one character which is graphic
profanity
Non stop graphic profanities including uses of the N word by both black and white characters in friendly and derogatory uses.
