Small-time hustler Alvin Sanders (Jamie Foxx) suddenly finds himself at the center of a tug-of-war between the feds and ruthless criminals after he receives a cryptic message from a cell mate about the whereabouts of $42 million in stolen gold. A hard-nosed Treasury agent (David Morse) soon springs Sanders from jail to help flush out the villainous mastermind behind the crime -- by using the hapless petty crook as bait.