In 1951 the Festival of Britain marks a new golden age of hope and prosperity for the country. Things are certainly looking up for the criminal elite who run the East End. For Jack, a draft-dodger with aspirations to be a champion boxer, there's easy money to be made for providing a bit of muscle. But as the years go by, younger, nastier criminals begin to carve out their own criminal empires. Brutalised and embittered by years of failure and imprisonment, Jack decides to make a stand. The stage is set for one big war.
