Sam Tyler (Armand Assante) is a down-on-his-luck dentist, stripped of his license due to malpractice. He decides to commit an insurance scam by faking his own death and assuming the identity of his brother, Max (also Assante), who has been missing for years. But, once the plastic surgery is complete, Sam learns something startling: His brother was a CIA agent who stole a fortune from the agency. Now a lot of dangerous people think Sam is his brother, and they have a score to settle with him.