Death comes to a quiet street in Forest Gate, London, when Jack Bell takes on a building job in a house squatted by anarchists. Unknown to him, they are planning a robbery. Another job next door involves him with an Asian family, where the father faces a drastic choice to protect his family's reputation. Jack is forced to juggle work troubles, demanding people and a developing affair - until everything crashes down on him when he becomes a hostage in an armed siege.