During a police strike in Nova Scotia's capital city, a gang of hoodlums end up unintentionally causing the owner of a gay bar to be killed. This escalates into a string of murders with a lone survivor trying to not be next.

迪恩有着严重的暴力倾向，假释在家的他正在接受心理治疗，年少时的所作所为伤透了母亲的心并与家族断绝了关系，唯一的安慰就是弟弟会经常写信给他。有一天，一封邀请他去参加弟弟葬礼的来信将他平静的生活打破。来到举办葬礼的小岛后他困惑于弟弟的死因，同时依然不被母亲所接受。这时，一伙人也登陆了小岛，将迪恩和他的家人劫为人质并找开始寻…