在众人眼里，年轻力壮处事低调的维克多（柯林·法瑞尔 Colin Farrell 饰）在黑道的前途无量，可对于维克多本人来说，他如此努力，如此隐忍，只为了一个目的，那就是接近黑帮老大埃尔夫斯（泰伦斯·霍华德 Terrence Dashon Howard 饰），手刃仇人，报仇雪恨。 　　除了维克多外，还有一个女人对埃尔夫斯恨之入骨，她的名字叫碧翠丝（劳米·拉佩斯 Noomi Rapace 饰），很早之前，敏感的维克多就注意到了这个漂亮的蛇蝎美人，一番思量之后，他决定同碧翠丝联手，共同完成他们的复仇。就这样，维克多和碧翠丝成为了盟友，可是即便如此，强大的黑暗势力对于他们来说依然是几乎不可战胜的对手，要想取得最终的胜利，除了仇恨外，他们还需要另外一种情感。Victor, a rising gangland player, has infiltrated the crime empire run by ruthless kingpin Alphonse, with the single purpose of making Alphonse pay for destroying his once happy life. As he meticulously orchestrates his vengeance from his high-rise home, Victor watches and is watched by Beatrice, a mysterious young woman who lives in the apartment across from his. On the surface a fragile woman-child, Beatrice seethes with a rage of her own. When she uncovers Victor's dark secrets, she threatens to expose him unless he helps her carry out her own campaign of retribution. Each fixated on avenging the past, they devise a violent and cathartic plan that could change their worlds forever. Beatrice is kidnapped by Alphonse towards the end, Its a race against time for Victor to save her.