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director: Danny Buday
actor: David James Elliott Fairuza Balk Heather McComb Ryan Eggold Zane Holtz
writer: Danny Buday

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Luke Stephens (Zane Holtz) shows up on his brother Nicky’s (Ryan Eggold) doorstep after a tour of duty in Afghanistan. Suffering from both Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (P.T.S.D.) and physical wounds that are unseen yet devastating, Luke wants nothing more than to forget the war, but his veteran father (David James Elliott) won’t let him. Then, at a local strip club run by a ruthless killer, Luke crosses paths with Michelle (Heather McComb, “Ray Donovan”), who leads him into a violent world every bit as dangerous as the brutality Luke so desperately tried to leave behind in The Middle East.

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