Don Yesso

A suspended cop and his girlfriend blackmail an electronics expert to crack her corrupt boss's safe, entangled in mob dealings.

In 1983, a veteran Baton Rouge detective, Bud Carter (Willem Dafoe), infiltrates the most powerful criminal enterprise in the South. After taking down it's top lieutenant and contract killer, Jesse Weiland (Matt Dillon), the detective convinces him to become an informant. Jesse sets out to help bring down the entire organization, including its architect, Lutin (Tom Berenger).