"The Narrows" is the story of a young man facing one of life's most important crossroads. Mike Manadoro (Kevin Zegers), a 19 year old from Brooklyn, will do almost anything to get out of his neighborhood and to study photography at a Manhattan university. The problem is Mike's father Vinny (Vincent D'Onofrio), a retired sanitation worker, does not have the financial means to support his son's dream. So when local mob boss Tony (Titus Welliver) offers Mike a high paying job, he takes it. Mike enters college at the same time as he begins delivering mysterious packages for Tony. Juggling new friendships, old loyalties, a new romance (Sophia Bush) and the world of small-time crime, Mike's choices begin to result in dangerous and potentially fatal consequences for himself and everyone around him.