Energy exec Jimmy Stevens (Frank Langella) blows the whistle on his firm's shady deals, but his actions put his own life in danger, necessitating a call to detective Frank Turlotte (Elliott Gould), whom Jimmy hires to tail the would-be assassin ... a man named Jimmy Stevens. Past and present collide in director Richard Ledes's neo-noir thriller as the men's lives become increasingly entangled. Laura Harring co-stars as Jimmy's girlfriend.