A drug dealer spends his last day of freedom trying to put his life in order before starting a prison sentence. He decides to renew old friendships with a couple of schoolmates, an encounter that leaves him wondering where he went wrong, and strives to find out who turned him in to the police. Spike Lee's drama, with Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Anna Paquin, Rosario Dawson and Brian Cox.

In New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year prison sentence, and his final hours of freedom are devoted to hanging out with his closest buddies and trying to prepare his girlfriend for his extended absence.