CRIMINAL gangs threaten to throw the city into disorder.

Drugs and violence are kept at bay by brave police, stretched to the limit.

The frightened population need a hero, but the one man who could come to the rescue must overcome a troubled past.

This isn't Gotham City - it's Melbourne.

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