This is a dark Gothic story of abandonment, violence, drugs and rich dysfunctional kids.

Some call him a hero. Some call him a villain. He's "John Doe: Vigilante" an ordinary man who decides to take the law into his own hands. Frustrated with a failing legal system that continues to allow violent criminals to go free, John Doe begins exacting justice the only way he knows how, by killing one criminal at a time. Soon he becomes a media sensation and inspires a group of copycat vigilantes, but who is the real John Doe, a pillar of justice or a cold-blooded murderer?

A reporter goes down into the NYC subway system to investigate the phenomenon of the subway shark.