After serving a length of time in prison after taking the rap for a bunch of friends, Leo Handler (Mark Wahlberg) wants to get his life back on the right track.
Thinking it would be for the best Leo goes home where he gets a good job with his Uncle Frank Olchin (James Caan) and he gets together with his life-long friend Willie Guitierrez (Joaquin Phoenix) and his girlfriend Erica (Charlize Theron).
However in the vast New York subway yards his uncle pulls the strings and this business is far from safe. Now Leo is drawn into a nasty world of sabotage, high stake payoffs and murder.
Due to his connections in this world Leo is now a target for the most ruthless family in the city...his own. Now he alone must take them down.
The Yards is a Film programme that first aired in 2000 and has been classified a 15 certificate.
