Five builders are brought together in the remote Welsh mountains to renovate a sprawling old farmhouse. Tensions quickly rise between the men and the self-entitled aristocratic homeowner, as well as among the ragtag group of men themselves, as they are housed in mouldy portacabins. Dave, the world-weary old timer, and the kindly Foreman Bob try to keep the peace. However, his nephew Steve is influenced negatively by bigot Jim, with the pair taking a dislike to Viktor, a Ukrainian laborer. As the weather worsens and payments fall behind, tempers flare. Blood has been spilled. Jim makes an astonishing proposition as the blue-collar men are confronted with an increasingly dark spiral of moral choices.
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Five builders are brought together in the remote Welsh mountains to renovate a sprawling old farmhouse. Tensions quickly rise between the men and the self-entitled aristocratic homeowner, as well as among the ragtag group of men themselves, as they are housed in mouldy portacabins. Dave, the world-weary old timer, and the kindly Foreman Bob try to keep the peace. However, his nephew Steve is influenced negatively by bigot Jim, with the pair taking a dislike to Viktor, a Ukrainian laborer. As the weather worsens and payments fall behind, tempers flare. Blood has been spilled. Jim makes an astonishing proposition as the blue-collar men are confronted with an increasingly dark spiral of moral choices.
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