Sylvester Stallone writes, directs and stars in this drama about life in New York's Hell's Kitchen in the 1940s. The film follows Cosmo (Stallone), the smartest of the three Carboni brothers, who comes up with the idea of trying to make a fortune in the seedy world of wrestling. Cosmo's brother Victor (Lee Canalito) agrees to enter the ring, while elder brother Lenny (Armand Assante) comes aboard as manager, and together the three of them begin to make some real money. But as Victor becomes more and more successful, the brothers come into conflict with gangster Stitch Mahon (Kevin Conway).