 Jack Cole is a soft spoken, mystical, new age New York cop with a checkered past. He is transferred to Los Angeles to help Los Angeles cop Jim Campbell solve a series of brutal murders in which the victims are crucified. The murders that have happened since Jack arrived in Los Angeles just don t sit right with him. When the killer, known as the "Family Man", kills Ellen DunLeavy, who happens to be Jack s ex wife and the mother of his two kids, and Ellen s husband Andrew DunLeavy, it becomes personal - especially when Jack s prints are found on Ellen s body. Jack meets with his military mentor Smith, not knowing that Smith is in cahoots with local crime boss Frank Deverell.