In the decaying heart of 1980s Detroit, a teenager becomes an unlikely kingpin in Yann Demange's gripping crime drama. Richie Merritt stars as Rick Wershe Jr., a fifteen-year-old boy drawn into the dangerous world of drug trafficking, first as an FBI informant for a deal involving his own father, and then as a burgeoning entrepreneur in his own right. His father, Richard Sr., played with desperate intensity by Matthew McConaughey, is a hustler with big dreams but flawed methods, watching helplessly as his son is pulled deeper into a life he helped enable. Caught between the relentless pressure of federal agents, including those portrayed by Jennifer Jason Leigh and Rory Cochrane, and the volatile streets ruled by figures like Brian Tyree Henry's drug lord, Rick navigates a perilous path where loyalty is currency and survival is never guaranteed. This tense, atmospheric thriller paints a stark portrait of a fractured American dream, exploring how a white teenager became a central figure in a predominantly Black underworld, and the devastating personal cost of a life built on shifting allegiances and broken promises.