A former Irish Republican Army fighter, Gingy McAnally (Anthony Brophy), is reluctant about being called back into service after serving time in prison. He executes the grisly task but ends up captured by a sympathetic British police lieutenant named Ferris (Cary Elwes). The intimidating Chief Inspector of the Belfast Police (Timothy Dalton) convinces Gingy that his best hope is to become an informant and turn in other IRA operatives. As Gingy's marriage unravels under the stress, he is forced to come to terms with the fact that in this war both sides lose. Three men, three political circles, each fighting for their lives, each with their own agenda in the battle for Northern Ireland.
Cary Elwes
as Lt. David Ferris
Anthony Brophy
as Gingy McAnally
Timothy Dalton
as DCI Rennie
Maria Lennon
as Roisin McAnally
Sean McGinley
as Frankie Conroy
John Kavanagh
as IRA Chief
Frankie McCafferty
as Dalton
Stuart Graham
as Det. Asley
Gary Lydon
as Det. McDonough
Sean Kearns
as Det. Prentice
B.J. Hogg
as Constable Goss
Ciarán Fitzgerald
as Gerard McAnally
