After someone takes a video of officers Brett Ridgeman (Mel Gibson) and Anthony Lurasetti (Vince Vaughn) using excessive violence on a suspect and sends it to a new station, the pair is put on unpaid leave. Ridgeman is a cynical, embittered veteran of the force who feels that he's been shafted out of the raises and promotions owed to him because he wasn't interested in the games and politics. Lurasetti, though smarter and more level-headed than his partner, follows his lead in following some bank robbers, with the intention of robbing them and taking the money for themselves.
We may not like Ridgeman, but we can't help but feel for him. We know his motive is a better life for his family after his daughter was recently assaulted for the fifth time in two years in their unsafe neighborhood, and his wife is suffering from MS. Lurasetti, on the other hand, is planning to propose to his girlfriend and is more of a reluctant participant, which makes things all the more tragic for his character.
An unexpected appearance by Jennifer Carpenter as Kelly Summer — a woman afraid to leave her newborn and return to her work at the bank that gets robbed — is also sure to leave many viewers stunned.
