Three years ago, master criminal Jacob Sternwood (Mark Strong) escaped London during a daring robbery that left detective Max Lewinsky (James McAvoy) physically and emotionally scarred. When a failed heist puts Sternwood's son in a hospital, the fugitive is forced to come out of hiding - giving Max his second chance to get the one criminal who got away. But as Max returns to the pursuit of his arch-nemesis, he begins to uncover evidence of a vast conspiracy that may put him in even greater danger that his personal vendetta.