House painter Sean Crawley (Chris McKenna) meets electrician Duke Wayne (George Wendt), who brings him to corrupt contractor Ray Matthews (Daniel Baldwin). Offered $13,000 to kill Eric Gatley (Ron Livingston), an accountant auditing Ray's finances, Sean completes his task -- only to find himself double-crossed. When Ray's thugs learn Sean has the mobster's cooked books, they try to torture the location of the files out of him. Sean escapes, taking shelter with Eric's widow, and vows revenge.