La fille de Luke Vaughn, croupier de casino, est malade. Dans l'incapacité de payer le traitement, Luke demande à son patron, le parrain de la mafia Francis Silva, de lui venir en aide. Mais Silva l'éconduit. Poussé par le désespoir, Luke assemble une petite équipe et met au point le braquage de l'établissement de Silva. Ce dernier, qui s'apprêtait à léguer le casino à son protégé, n'apprécie pas ce geste indélicat et envoie ses hommes de main sur les traces de la bande de Luke. Aux abois, les fugitifs sont contraints de prendre en otage les passagers d'un bus nocturne et de s'enfuir avec le véhicule, poursuivi par les gangsters et par la police...
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00:00Mr. Pope, I'm here to ask a favor, a big one.
00:04How big?
00:05300,000 dollars big, at least.
00:07What do you need 300,000 at least for, Bob?
00:09You remember my daughter Riley?
00:11She's sick, in the hospital, needs an operation.
00:15Insurance?
00:16Insurance doesn't even cover the treatments.
00:18I've been paying out of pocket for a month and I'm behind.
00:22So far behind that if I don't come up with money by Friday, she's gonna lose her spot.
00:27You know I don't run a charity here.
00:29Rule number three.
00:30It's not a business if you give the money away.
00:33I remember the rules.
00:35This isn't charity, it's a favor.
00:38300,000 that I'm never gonna see again sure sounds like charity to me.
00:41No sir, I will pay it back.
00:43I signed your paycheck, Vaughn, who are you kidding?
00:47Mr. Pope, you're my only option.
00:49I don't make exceptions.
00:51Let me ask you something, what if it were you?
00:54What if you were in my shoes and your kid was sick?
00:56What if Sidney was sick?
00:58Nobody's talking to you.
00:59It's all the time you get.
01:00No, it's not all the time I get.