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It's 1986: Danny and his best friend Pat control the streets of Providence, Rhode Island, with their gang. They make their money from robbery, smuggling, and extortion, living in peaceful coexistence with the Italian Mafia family Moretti. But when Pat's brother steals a woman from a Moretti, war breaks out in Dogtown. Murders shake the city. When the head of the Murphys is brutally killed, Danny rises to the top of the clan. However, he wants out of the business, out of Dogtown. One last deal is supposed to provide him with the starting capital for a new life. For that, he agrees to an offer from the enemy.