Alain Moreau (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a cop in Nice, France. Alain is at a funeral that is being held for a fellow cop, when Alain’s partner Sebastien (Jean-Hugues Anglade) shows up. They discover that his name was Mikhail Suverov, and Mikhail was born on exactly the same day Alain was. As it turns out, Mikhail is the twin brother Alain never knew he had. Tracing his brother's steps back to New York City, Alain discovers that Mikhail was a member of the Russian Mafia, who was chased down and killed when he attempted to get out. Of course, now Alain is mistaken for Mikhail, who was also mixed up in a war between Mafia organizations. With his only real ally being Mikhail's fiancé Alex Bartlett (Natasha Henstridge), Alain sets out to avenge his brother's death, which is complicated not only by the Mafia, but by two corrupt FBI agents.

影片基于伯纳德·加勒特和乔·莫里斯两个非裔美国企业家的真实故事改编，1950年代他们试图挣脱种族歧视的传统枷锁，招募白人工人为其工作。

在试图加入警察机关任职失败之后，Chris Potamitis在帝国装甲卡车公司找到了一份保镖的工作，定了下来。然而，他犯了一个错误，就是把他的公司鬆散的警戒状态告诉了他最好的朋友Eddie。 很快地，Chris就和Eddie逐渐发展出一桩现金劫案的计划，在成功之后，这案件甚至成為美国有史以来金额最大的现金抢劫案。但是，随著风险渐渐升高，他们不但要想办法欺瞒过办案经验丰富的纽约警探James Ransone，还得在地方上的角头老大想查出到底是谁在其地盘上「抢饭吃」的情形之下，能够全身而退；不然，他们两人可就惨了。