After being imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, Leo Handler (Mark Wahlberg) just wants to get his life back on track, so he goes home. There, Leo takes a new job with his highly connected and influential Uncle Frank (James Caan) and is reunited with his longtime friend Willie Guitierrez (Joaquin Phoenix) and his girlfriend Erica (Charlize Theron). Unwittingly, he's drawn into a world of sabotage, high-stakes pay-offs, and even murder.