While on a hiking trip to reconnected with his son, Ray Keene (John Cusack) stumbles into a nightmare scenario of paid assassins and ex-military guns-for-hire. Frank Cardin (Morgan Freeman) is attempting to fulfil a contract to assassinate a high profile businessman when things go awry and he ends up in the custody of the U.S Marshall’s. After an ill-fated attempt by his compatriots to free him Frank finds himself in the custody of ex-lawman Ray and his son (Jamie Anderson). As they try to make their way back to civilization they are relentlessly pursued by Frank's friends who are intent on freeing their leader to collect on the contract. But one may be more foe than friend.