莱尼（汤姆•威尔金森 Tom Wilkinson 饰）是伦敦黑帮的头目，他手下有个得力干将艾奇（马克•斯特朗 Mark Strong 饰）。莱尼曾经做套逼小流氓头二（杰拉德•巴特勒 Gerard Butler 饰）还债。结果，头二凭借情人史黛拉（桑迪•牛顿 Thandie Newton 饰）提供的情报，成功打劫，抢得巨款，还清了债务，并且一发而不可收拾…… 　　莱尼买通议员想进军房地产市场。为了重金担保，他从俄罗斯黑帮头目尤里（卡瑞尔•罗登 Karel Roden 饰）手中借来了一副名画。然而，这幅名画却不翼而飞。于是，一群人卷入了这场寻找名画的闹剧中，其中不乏有莱尼失散多年的儿子，盗卖皮草的毛贼，打不死的保镖，同性恋的律师等等。最后，在名画事件水落石出之时，黑帮最大告密者的身份也被揭穿……Lenny Cole, a London mob boss, puts the bite on all local real estate transactions. For substantial fees, he's helping Uri Omovich, a Russian developer. As a sign of good faith, Omovich loans Cole a valuable painting, promptly stolen off Cole's wall. While Cole's men, led by the dependable Archie, look for the canvas, three local petty criminals, the Wild Bunch, steal money from the Russian using inside information from his accountant, the lovely Stella. Meanwhile, a local drug-addled rocker, Johnny Quid, is reported drowned, and his connection to Cole is the key to unraveling the deceits and double crosses of life in the underworld.