
Novak tortures his cousin, who is a DEA informant and one of the men that Vincent and Sean hit when they stole the coke.

Vincent blows up on Sean and orders him to bring him the bag of coke before they are all in trouble. He knows Vincent took the coke and demands that he bring it to the Luxus casino that he owns within three hours, or Novak will retaliate against Vincent and his family.

Almost immediately, Vincent receives a call from Rubino. Two men attack them, resulting in Thomas being snatched and Vincent getting stabbed in the abdomen. Vincent is driving Thomas away when the two are ambushed on the parkway. Both Dena and Thomas know Vincent has been distant since he took on the case, but they were never made aware of the case itself. Vincent finds out that his ex-wife Dena (Gabrielle Union) is engaged to another man. Vincent goes to the hospital to pick up his son Thomas (Octavius J. There is obvious tension between them as they both feel the need to take control of the case. They pick up some evidence as Vincent and Jennifer meet for the first time. Vincent and Sean are sent back to the scene of their crime. Now many of her colleagues think she is in over her head and should take time off, but she is determined to get in on the drug ring case. She speaks to a police psychologist about a recent incident in which she attempted to take down a meth lab but was assaulted by a junkie. Detective Jennifer Bryant (Michelle Monaghan) walks into her department with a cut on her face. He knows Sean is a courier for the ring, but his top targets are casino owner Stanley Rubino (Dermot Mulroney), and the boss behind everything, Rob Novak (Scoot McNairy). Vincent is an Internal Affairs officer who has been conducting a two-year investigation into a crime ring. Vincent and Sean shoot the men and steal a duffel bag with 25 kilograms of cocaine in it. They fight the men in the van and kill one as more thugs show up with guns. The men are really cops - Vincent Downs (Jamie Foxx) and Sean Cass (T.I.). Two men in masks are chasing after a van.The synopsis below may give away important plot points. When a failed heist leads to the kidnapping of his son, Downs must race against time during an intense and restless night to save him and bring the criminals to justice.

Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs finds himself trapped in a web of corrupt cops, internal affairs and violent gangsters. It is also revealed that Vincent is estranged from his wife Dena, who is getting remarried, and has minimal involvement in the life of his 16-year-old son Thomas. They volunteer to investigate the robbery in order to cover up their involvement, clashing with Internal Affairs investigators Jennifer Bryant and Doug Dennison, who are suspicious of their involvement. In Las Vegas, vice LVMPD policemen Vincent Downs and Sean Cass rob a shipment of cocaine belonging to entrepreneur Stanley Rubino, who intended to sell it to mobster Rob Novak, the son of a powerful mob boss. A cop with a connection to the criminal underworld scours a nightclub in search of his kidnapped son.
