黑手党的首领Parmie ﹝文森多诺夫饰﹞想“名留青史” ，因此不断登上媒体版面，声称他要保护史坦顿岛上的森林。 　　经营熟食店的杰士伯又聋又哑，除了自己的生意外，长年以来也时常被黑帮胁迫处理尸体。 　　杰士伯的朋友苏利﹝伊桑·霍克饰﹞一个即将做父亲的环卫工人，一直对自己的智商感到自卑，为了要给女友更好的生活，也为了参加胚胎实验，让他们未出世的孩子有更高的智商，他愿意做任何事情。 　　他们三个人都生活在史坦顿岛上，在曼哈顿的阴影下，他们不同的人生道路却交织在一起...... 　　本片由大导演吕克·贝松监制。In Staten Island, New York, Parmie Tarzo is a powerful mobster boss. The family man Sully Halverson is septic tank cleaner married with Mary Halverson and they are trying to have a baby. The deaf and dumb Jasper "Jas" Sabiano is the slicer of deli meat in a market and also works for Parmie Tarzo slicing the bodies of his victims. Jas likes Sully and expects to win the horse races. One day, Sully that is not a bright man decides to heist the house of Parmie Tarzo, expecting to artificially inseminate Mary with a better sperm than his in an expensive clinic. Meanwhile Jas wins the horse race and there is an attempt on Tarzo's life and he finds that his gangsters have planned it. The lives of the three residents are entwined with tragic consequences.