Released from prison after six years, Joey Larabito does not seem like the type of guy to have committed a crime, let alone a homicide. Childlike, his every action speaks of innocence and kindness... even among the cruel realities and grime of Staten Island. Returning to his childhood home, many of the familiar faces have gone. With their mother dead, Tommy, the strapping older brother whom Joey idolizes, lives in the old family house with this wife of four years, Lorrain. The neighborhood has changed, lives have evolved. With forty dollars in his pocket and nowhere else to turn, Joey must begin anew.