The Yards

Returning to his Queens, New York, home after doing time for auto theft, Leo Handler (Mark Wahlberg) hooks up with old friend Willie (Joaquin Phoenix) and gets a job in a subway car repair yard run by Willie's uncle (James Caan). Leo soon learns the business hides a big-money kickback and extortion ring, and when a pickup job leads to a shooting and murder, he's made the fall guy. Bleak and compelling drama also stars Ellen Burstyn, Faye Dunaway, Charlize Theron. 115 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.