Twenty-something New Yorker Barb Schwartz somehow ended up in a life that kinda... sucks. She has a paralegal job she hates, a drab studio apartment on Roosevelt Island, and an overbearing family who never lets her forget she's still single.
Danny, a respected cop, is setup after an investigation goes wrong. While laying low in his new jail cell, Danny is forced to get involved in the inmates underground cage fighting circuit. With the help of Irving, a former mixed martial arts champion, Dan
裘德（克里斯托弗·埃克莱斯顿 Christopher Eccleston饰）在农村长大，一心要用知识改变命运，考取大学成为了他的奋斗目标。但是，年少的欲望却让他与当地一个姑娘发生了关系，大学梦也随之破碎。
不久姑娘远走澳洲，寻觅更美好的生活。剩下裘德和他的梦想，继续在这里萌芽成长。裘德为了能考上大学，专门搬到大学城附近苦苦寻求机会。同时在这里，表妹苏（凯特·温丝莱特 Kate Winslet饰）让他暗暗倾心。迫于亲缘的关系，二人都不敢打破禁忌。当苏嫁给了他人，裘德终于冲破了心中压抑已久的感情。他们不理世俗
