 Retired cop Eddie Burns (Ving Rhames) gave 15 years and the use of his left arm to the Reno homicide squad. When his wayward sister, Kassie (Kerry Washington), goes missing Eddie Burns finds himself subjected to a fiendish and ingenious campaign of revenge by the mysterious Charlie Strom (Gary Oldman). In order to protect his sister, Eddie - disabled, betrayed and alone - journeys into the heart of his own darkness: where he discovers that the reason for his ordeal lies in his own past sins and those of his adversary Charlie Strom.