The Yards

• Crime
• Drama
• Thriller

Beneath the gritty steel and echoing tunnels of New York City’s rail yards, a tense and claustrophobic crime drama unfolds, exposing the corrosive influence of corruption within a seemingly vital infrastructure. Newly released from prison, Leo Handler navigates a treacherous landscape of familial obligation and criminal enterprise as he’s drawn into his uncle’s shadowy world of rigged subway contracts. The film eschews typical gangster tropes, instead focusing on the systematic exploitation and quiet desperation of those caught within a web of graft, portraying the violence not as glamorous, but as a brutal consequence of economic maneuvering. It’s a particularly unsettling portrayal of the working class, where loyalty is a liability and the pursuit of a legitimate life is constantly undermined by systemic pressures, culminating in a chilling descent into betrayal and unforeseen consequences within a powerfully realistic urban landscape.