Scott Duncan

On August 9, 1988, the NHL was forever changed with the single stroke of a pen. The Edmonton Oilers, fresh off their fourth Stanley Cup victory in five years, signed a deal that sent Wayne Gretzky, a Canadian national treasure and the greatest hockey player ever to play the game, to the Los Angeles Kings in a multi-player, multi-million dollar deal. As bewildered Oiler fans struggled to make sense of the unthinkable, fans in Los Angeles were rushing to purchase season tickets at a rate so fast it overwhelmed the Kings box office. Overnight, a franchise largely overlooked in its 21-year existence was suddenly playing to sellout crowds and standing ovations, and a league often relegated to “little brother” status exploded from 21 teams to 30 in less than a decade.

醜い容姿のため孤独である、仮出所中の犯罪者マーヴは一夜をともに過ごした売春婦ゴールディに惚れるが、彼女を殺され、犯人に復讐すべく立ち上がる。逃亡中の犯罪者ドワイトは、警官が殺された事件で売春婦たちが疑われないよう一肌脱ぐ。正義漢だが相棒に裏切られ、無実の罪で投獄されたハーティガン刑事は8年後、刑務所を出所。愛する少女ナンシーを守るための戦いへ。