Kule veki kukhutshwa iifilimu ezintandathu kwaye ezimbini kuzo zezona zinamathuba orhwebo, ngakumbi, Isixeko sase-Ember y Umba wembeko.
Kwezi ndaba ndiza kuthetha ngeyokugqibela, Umba wembeko, ilawulwa nguGavin O'Connor kunye noColin Farrell, uEdward Norton kunye noJon Voight. Umcimbi obekekileyo, ubuyela kwibali lamapolisa athengiswe koyena mntu wayethengiswe ngamaxabiso aphezulu kunye nabazalwana ababini, omnye esenza okulungileyo omnye esenza okubi.
La Isishwankathelo soMba wembeko sihamba ngolu hlobo lulandelayo:
Amapolisa amane kwisiXeko saseNew York abulewe. INtloko yabacuphi baseManhattan uFrancis Tierney Sr. (Jon Voight) ucela unyana wakhe, uDetective Ray Tierney (Edward Norton), ukuba athathele ingqalelo uphando. URay uthatha eli tyala esazi ukuba amapolisa afileyo ayephantsi kwemiyalelo yomntakwabo, uFrancis Tierney, Omnci. (Noah Emmerich), kwaye babengamaqabane omntakwabo, uJimmy Egan (uColin Farrell). Njengoko uRay esiya esiba nzulu kweli tyala, ufumanisa ukuba kukho umntu oxelele abathengisi beziyobisi ukuba amapolisa ayeshushu ezithendeni zabo. Kwakufuneka kubekho umntu ovela ngaphakathi. Okubi nangakumbi kukuba, ubungqina balatha kumntakwabo nomntakwabo. URay uya kunyanzeleka ukuba akhethe phakathi kokunyaniseka kusapho okanye kwiSebe.