Uber-violent, cartoonish, noir thriller starring Thomas Jane and Ving Rhames. Malone (Jane) is a tough-as-nails detective turned hired killer who is sent by a mysterious client to retrieve a briefcase from a building that turns out to be protected by a dangerous gang including the hulking Boulder (Rhames), crazed arsonist Matchstick (Doug Hutchison) and Mauler (Chris Yen), a Japanese girl with a penchant for very sharp knives. After a series of bloody clashes render Malone the sole survivor, he begins to suspect a set-up - and soon finds himself head to head with the city's biggest crime boss, Whitmore (Gregory Harrison).