Stuck in Chicago without a bean, small-time British conman Pete (Neil Morrissey) and his long-suffering friend Andy (Adrian Dunbar) can't believe their luck when a stolen briefcase nets them a bundle of cash and the key to a swanky hotel room.
Ah, but there's a catch. Local mob boss Franco D'Amico (Louis DiBianco) has mistaken them for assassins and expects them to bump off his chief rival Ben Cutler (Pete Postlethwaite). Meanwhile the real triggermen - slick Terry (Donnie Wahlberg) and oafish Tommy (Michael Rapaport) - are left wondering why the man who hired them hasn't got in touch.