Mitch Lawrence (Rob Lowe) is a Chicago cabby with fading dreams whose life takes a strange turn when a client (Joe Mantegna) offers him a lot of money to eliminate a drug dealer who's stalking him. Lawrence at first refuses, but for the sake of his family's financial security, he reconsiders. Lawrence soon discovers, however, that nothing is quite what it seems in the bizarre world he's been drawn into in this twisted thriller.