Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.

Killing Them Softly is a 2012 crime-thriller directed by Andrew Dominik, based on the novel "Cogan's Trade" by George V. Higgins. The movie stars Brad Pitt as Jackie Cogan, a professional enforcer hired to investigate and eliminate a group of robbers who stole from a mob-protected poker game.

The film is set against the backdrop of the 2008 presidential election and the financial crisis that swept across America, and it comments on the impact of the crisis on the criminal underworld.