Disturbing films can do one of two things for the viewer.
The concept of revenge is muted in the horror of innocence brutally destroyed. And justice seems a nectar so sweet and so out of reach that it has to be cajoled out of hiding by deception and conspiracy. Growing up, they ran together in a gang no more likely to bound off track than any other gang of early teen boys. Then, one day some bad luck and a stupid decision puts them in possession of a stolen hot dog cart, holding it for ransom at the top of the subway stairs. Gravity and bad timing brings the cart crashing down on an innocent man and the four boys find themselves off to a boys home for eighteen months.