ItÕs Christmas and best buddies and petty crims Nick and Rudy (Ben Affleck) have two days left in prison. Rudy wants to start a new life on the straight and narrow, while Nick just wants to see the pen-pal girlfriend heÕs never met, Ashley (Charlize Theron). Just before their release, Nick is murdered and Rudy ends up impersonating his dead friend to Ashley. This deception is his first big mistake as the real Nick has some heavily armed, low-life thugs waiting for him on the outside - including AshleyÕs psychotic brother (Gary Sinise). They plan to double-cross Rudy into undertaking a daring casino heist. So RudyÕs newly assumed identity is about to cost him the one thing worth living for - his freedom. With treachery and betrayal at every twisted turn, Rudy is now on the run and fighting for his life in this fast-paced, suspense-filled story from John Frankenheimer, the master of the double and triple cross thriller.
