After attempting to trick someone already down on their luck in order to win a workplace competition, a telemarketer with the gift of gab will find out whether he can talk his way out of a hostage situation where his own life is on the line.
London. Jarvis Dolan is a charismatic host of a radio show named "The Grim Reality", about news and actuality. Loudmouth, fun and ruthless in his speeches and comments, Jarvis is the most important radio star of the moment, entertaining the audience throughout the early morning with his intelligent programs on hot topics. Previous the job, Dolan is required by his boss Norman Burgess to have a brief talk about the fate of the program by the recent poor ratings, that reporting Dolan to accept to his former partner, Andrew Wilde, as co-host, in an attempt to improvement the show. Going they two to the studio, Wilde meets Dolan's assistants, Anthony and Claire, who work making the show behind the micros. But when Dolan tries to start the program while he waits for Wilde, who had to go out a little before to back more later, he finds suddenly trapped by the circumstances: two masked men have assaulted the radio station at gunpoint and kidnapped Anthony and Claire, making him to keep the ...
唐尼(连姆·尼森 Liam Neeson 饰)曾经是满怀着正义感惩奸除恶的警察,却因为意外而被迫离职,离职之后,唐尼成为了一名私家侦探,专门为离婚案件提供线索。唐尼是一个可以为了达到目的而不择手段的男人,这种不择手段包括为了能够找到出轨证据而不惜让自己的妻子安捷琳(劳拉·桑·吉亚科莫 Laura San Giacomo 饰)去勾引客户的丈夫。
一次,唐尼又故技重施,哪知道玩脱了,不仅客户被杀,甚至牵连到了老婆,更糟的是,偷鸡不成蚀把米的唐尼成为了最大嫌疑人遭到了警方的追捕。而能够替唐尼洗脱罪名的人,只有他自己了。