Two Chicago cops pose as hitmen for an undercover sting, but the operation goes horribly wrong and one of them ends up dead. The surviving detective, bristling with anger and swearing revenge, heads for New Orleans in search of the kingpin behind the killing, but his only lead is the target's girlfriend. Action thriller, starring Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, George Dzundza and Jeroen Krabbe.

An unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a New Orleans criminal kingpin.