Tom Ludlow (Keanu Reeves) is an LAPD vice detective who makes a vow to do whatever it takes to find the killers of his former partner, Detective Terrance Washington (Terry Crews). Having no problem bending the law to get the job done, Ludlow is assisted by a rookie robbery homicide detective (Chris Evans), while a nervous Captain Wander (Forest Whitaker) keeps a watchful eye over the pair so they don’t come under suspicion from an internal affairs investigator (Hugh Laurie).