A tobacco industry lobbyist tries to promote cigarettes in a time when the health hazards of smoking have become too plain to ignore.

Joey Gazelle is a low level mobster whose job it is to dispose of "hot" guns from mob killings. But Joey has been hiding these guns in the drywall of his basement, instead of tossing them in the river. When Joey's son and his best friend, Oleg, witness Joey hiding some guns from a botched drug deal, Oleg steals one of the guns and shoots his abusive stepfather with it. Things are bad enough, but Oleg's stepfather happens to be the nephew of a psychotic...

Joey Gazelle is a low level mobster whose job it is to dispose of "hot" guns from mob killings. Joey has been hiding these guns in the drywall of his basement, instead of tossing them in the river. When Joey's son and his best friend, Oleg, witness Joey hiding guns from a botched drug deal, Oleg steals one of the guns and shoots his abusive stepfather with it. Oleg's stepfather is the nephew of a psychotic Russian mob boss, who is in business with...

Paul and Jessie are devastated when their 8-year-old son dies. When a fertility expert offers them an opportunity to resurrect their boy through a secret and illegal cloning procedure, they don't know that the doctor's hidden agenda will have horrifying repercussions when their "new" son passes his eighth birthday. Adam begins having "night terrors" and begins having marked changes in his behavior, and he begins to display a palpable sense of menace....

Nick Naylor is a sexy, smart and charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who will fight to protect American's right to smoke. At the same time he is trying to maintain the idea of a perfect role model for his 12-year-old son. When Nick incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.