In this audacious thriller, a nasty crime lord (Stephen Dorff) hires Rose (Helen Mirren) and her stepson Mikey (Cuba Gooding Jr.) -- assassin partners and longtime lovers -- to off his spouse, Vickie (Vanessa Ferlito). But Rose, ill with cancer and on her last job, spares her mark when she learns Vickie's with child. The unexpected twist forces Mikey, Rose and their charges to flee to life in suburbia, until the past catches up with them.