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The year is 1986: Danny and his best friend Pat control the streets of Providence, Rhode Island with their gang. They make their money through robbery, smuggling and protection rackets and live in peaceful coexistence with the Italian Moretti mafia family. But when Pat's brother steals a Moretti's wife, war breaks out in Dogtown. Murders rock the town. When the head of the Murphys is brutally killed, Danny moves to the top of the clan. But he wants out of the business, out of Dogtown. One last deal is supposed to provide him with the start-up capital for a new life. To do so, he accepts an offer from the enemy.