 After five years in prison, Marshall Kensey returns to his Mississippi home and faces a less than warm welcome. While his flirtatious sister, gay younger brother and neurotic mother seem happy to see him, tensions rise between Marshall and his older brother, T.G. - an unemployed alcoholic who may be responsible for sending Marshall to jail. As Marshall s childhood and his nightmarish prison experiences are revealed, old family secrets come forth and the party escalates into violence and ultimate tragedy.