The eponymous Eddie Coyle is a typical Higgins Everyman, a fringe player for the Boston mob whose life is spiraling out of control. In addition to the usual stress of a life lived on the edge, Eddie is about to face sentencing for his role in an aborted hijacking. Nothing works exactly as planned, and Eddie soon finds himself a marked man, trapped in a web of coincidental occurrences and conflicting agendas.

(Bill Sheehan)