This suspense-thriller combines groundbreaking cinematography and thought-provoking music, to tell the story of two men whose lives are turned upside down by the mysterious contents of a safe. When Carter relocates to a quaint Pennsylvania town to care for his ailing mother things go surprisingly well. Almost immediately he befriends Joey, the talkative local bar owner. But when his mother's medical bills pile up things quickly spiral out of control and a bewildered Carter soon finds he has less then 48 hours to repay Steve, a local loan shark with a violent reputation. When Joey confides in Carter that he too is in desperate need of money, the two men become deeply entangled in a deceptive web of adultery, blackmail and murder.