A gambler who needs a quick payoff to the local mob boss unwittingly robs a store that serves as a front for the same mobster. With the local police, the SAS, and the mobster's gang in hot pursuit he takes an American hostage and, as things grow increasingly desperate, he and the hostage hatch a plan to keep them both alive.

"In association with Limelight Media, Premiere Picture, Northern Ireland Screen in association with Archer City Film Group, Molinare, Jeff Steen, Esquire."