Academy Award winner Robert de Niro and Oscar nominee Edward Norton deliver powerful performances as a seasoned corrections official and a scheming inmate whose lives become dangerously intertwined. Jack Mabry (De Niro), a parole officer days away from retirement, is asked to review the case of Gerald InchStoneInch Creeson (Norton), in prison for arson. Now eligible for early , Stone needs to convince Jack he has reformed, but his attempts to influence the older mans decision with his wife Lucetta (Milla Jovovich) have profound and unexpected effects on them both. This tale of passion, betrayal and corruption skillfully weaves together the parallel journeys of two men grappling with dark impulses, as the line between lawman and lawbreaker becomes precariously thin. Directed by John Curran. Starring Robert de Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich.