When Samuel (Ethan Hawke) is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal prison, Warden Clancy (Russell Crowe) offers him a high-stakes proposition: smuggle gold out of a remote mine with a dangerous crew of prisoners and he'll win his freedom.

När en ung mamma i New York börjar tvivla på sitt äktenskap tar hon hjälp av sin karismatiska kvinnokarl till pappa för att spionera på sin man.