A slice of underworld life, " ""57, Chicago" is a fact-based fictional thriller. The banker s dead a mob killing with repercussions. Money s tied up. Three men are on a collision course: Al. He s a layoff bookie, thinks he can live as a middleman between his customers and the Outfit. His credo: Never take a position. The Lip. Desperate and dangerous, he s a fight promoter trying to create the fight of a lifetime. The Hammer. A great black hope. He s a boxer, thrust into an uncomfortable limelight. A potential heavyweight champ, his biggest fight is with himself. The cops swarm. The gangsters rage. One night. One fight. No way they can all win. The heat s intense, the stakes are high and the outcome s impossible to predict. The mystery: Who makes it out alive? It s a bloody, savage night in 57, Chicago."