A straight-to-video treat, based on a true story, starring the always excellent Christopher Walken at his menacing best. Set at the turn of the century, it traces the birth of the mafia in New Orleans, via the experiences of a group of Sicicilian emigrants. Already persecuted and exploited by the city's businessman, events come to a head when nine of them are framed for the assassination of the chief of police, resulting in a lynch mob of twenty thousand people. A gripping account of the origins of the American dream.