What they needed was a hero, but that's not what they got...Late-night TV actor, Chris Thorne, has finished shooting the final season of Night Passenger. With no new work on the horizon, Thorne contemplates his future. As he does so, he's approached by an old friend from the Marines with a daring plan to steal a painting from a Beverly Hills art gallery during a window of opportunity.In return for getting the gang past the gallery's alarm, Thorne is offered $900,000. Nobody gets hurt. This is the promise his friend makes to him, a promise that is soon broken.In the wake of the botched heist, he must put everything on the line to protect the wife of the painting's owner that his actions have unwittingly put in danger.