SetandfilmedinLiverpool,ThisCityisOursisthestoryofMichael,amanwhoforallofhisadultlifehasbeeninvolvedinorganisedcrime,workingforhisfriendandthegangleaderRonnie.WhenRonniebeginstohintatretirement,Michaeltoobeginstoimagineanotherlife.Because,forthefirsttimeinhislife,Michaelisinlove.Forthefirsttimeinhislife,heseesbeyondtheday-to-day,heseesafuture:somethingtowinandsomethingtolose-Diana.
ThisCityisOursisthestoryofMichaelandDiana'sloveaffair,setagainstthedisintegrationofMichael’scrimegang.Foryears,togetherwithRonnie,MichaelhassuccessfullybeenbringingcocaineintotheCityandbeyond,directlyfromColumbiabutwhenashipmentgoesmissing,heknowstheirKingdomisunderattack.
ThisCityisOursexploreswhathappenswhenRonnie’ssonJamiedecideshewantstoinherittheirkingdomandthatthereisnolongeraplaceforMichaelatthetable.BothMichaelandJamiehaveboldideastomodernisethegangandtheywillbattleforcontrolofit.ButMichael’sbiggestbattlewillbetosavethewomanhelovesandthechildhehasalwayswanted.
Thisisastoryaboutfamily,andlovedestroyedandcorruptedbyambition,prideandgreed.It’sastoryaboutpower:whatwewilldotosecureandkeepit.