House of Sand and Fog

(2003)

A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.

Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.

A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore the vision of a singer he accidentally blinded.

A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall.

A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.

An Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.

A drug dealer tries to get out of the life and start anew with his girlfriend, but the transition is tragically difficult.

A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor, an escaped convict on the run from the law, while the search for him continues.

A lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him nine days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother.