Hell's Kitchen on Ash Wednesday, 1983. Rumours are flying that Francis Sullivan's (Edward Burns) younger brother Sean (Elijah Wood), dead for three years, has reappeared. If he wasn't killed by rivals, then old scores still need settling, putting Fran and Sean in danger. An upstart is pressuring the local mob boss, who's Fran's protector; Sean's wife, who thinks she's a widow, has gotten on with her life, but Sean has come back for her. The parish priest, part of the initial deception, is frightened. Bad guys with guns are closing in. Can Fran get Sean and his wife out of the city, avoid a war btw rival factions, and hold onto new-found morality? Will the cross of ashes on his forehead protect him?

Washington Jefferson Hotel, 318 West 51st Street and 9th Avenue, Manhattan.

Peter McManus Cafe, 152 7th Avenue and West 19th Street, Manhattan.

Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue and West 46th Street, Manhattan.   Landmark Tavern In 1868 Patrick Henry Carley opened his Landmark Tavern, an Irish Waterfront Saloon. In those days there was no 12th Avenue, just the shores of the Hudson, on which his Tavern sat. Mr. and Mrs. Carley designed their new saloon to also be a practical home for their children on the second and third floors. This remained as such until prohibition forced them to turn the third floor into a speakeasy. As one of the oldest continually operating establishments in the CIty today, The Landmark Tavern still retains its classic old New York charm.

Most Holy Redeemer Church, 173 East 3rd Street, Manhattan.

The Gaf Bar, 401 West 48th Street and 9th Avenue, Manhattan.

West 48th Street and 9th Avenue, Manhattan.