Liam Neeson je nekdanji newyorški policist Matt Scudder, ki zdaj dela kot zasebni detektiv brez licence. Po sili razmer sprejme delo za prekupčevalca mamil, da bi mu pomagal najti može, ki so ugrabili in surovo umorili njegovo ženo.Akcijski kriminalni triler z Liamom Neesonom v glavni vlogi je nastal po uspešni knjižni seriji detektivk avtorja Lawrencea Blocka. Neeson upodobi nekdanjega newyorškega policista Matta Scudderja, ki zdaj dela kot zasebni detektiv brez licence. Po sili razmer sprejme delo za prekupčevalca mamil (Dan Stevens), da bi mu pomagal najti može, ki so ugrabili in surovo umorili njegovo ženo. Okoreli policijski veteran ugotovi, da to ni bil prvi tako sprevržen zločin in tudi ne bo zadnji. Meja med zakonitim in nezakonitim se bo morala povsem zabrisati, medtem ko bo v bitki s časom na ulicah velemesta lovil neusmiljene storilce, preden bi vnovič ubijali.
Matt Scudder is a former cop now a private eye. He is asked by a drug dealer to find the men who kidnapped his wife. It seems like they killed her even after he paid them. Scudder refuses. But the man later goes to see him and tells him how his wife was killed. Scudder takes the job. He does some research and thinks the men he is looking for have done this more than once. And that everyone they grabbed is connected to a drug dealer. He was about to give up when they grab another girl and Scudder tries make sure she's returned alive.