In Josh Sternfeld's meticulously crafted murder mystery, a Catskills police detective (Nick Stahl) charged with investigating a juvenile homicide in an affluent suburb finds he must return to his struggling hometown of Caswell to find the killers. As his investigation picks up intensity, the grieving mother begins a battle of will and vengeance with members of Caswell, igniting a class war between two vastly different towns in rural America
两个本来只准备入室盗窃的人，变成了杀人犯。没有冤枉他们，就是他们向一个男童“激情地”下了毒手。影片一开始，就告诉了观众，谁是凶手。也一开始就告诉观众，谁是警察，在查这个案子。就在这两股势力的较量中，影片不急不慢地上演着。
影片想告诉我们的是这些吗？
（1）这个小镇的人太穷了，所以他们只有去盗窃？
（2）最后被告知受害者母亲的那个罪犯，并不是元凶。真正的两个家伙，一个死于内讧，另一个逃之夭夭。所以“凡是警察告诉你的，就都不是真相”？