Publisher's Synopsis
Ex-cop Walt Koontz (Robert De Niro) works as a security guard and lives in a rundown housing estate. One night he goes to help a neighbour after hearing his cries for help, but the effort causes Koontz to have a stroke, leaving him paralysed down his right side and unable to speak properly. With the onset of winter it becomes difficult for him to visit a speech therapist, so he is forced to accept help from a neighbour whom he has never really liked, drag queen Rusty Zimmerman (Phillip Seymour Hoffman). Their relationship begins in mutual suspicion, but they discover a common ground when they team together to fight the mob.
