When safecracker Nick (Robert De Niro) decides it's time to settle down with his girlfriend Diane (Angela Bassett), his friend and partner Max (Marlon Brando) asks Nick to pull one last heist: help novice thief Jack Teller (Edward Norton) steal a scepter worth $30 million. But what starts out as a safe bet turns into a high risk gamble when a clash of egos threatens to bring them all down.
