Paul Walker is Ben Garvey, just finishing his parole obligation from a burglary. But he has a good job in a brewery, shows good work ethic and leadership, and is happily married with a wife and young daughter. Piper Perabo is his wife Lisa Garvey and cute Brooklynn Proulx is his daughter Katie.
A new brewery is opening up and Ben feels he is the logical candidate to run it, and his supervisor is a supporter of his. Unexpectedly his younger brother comes to visit, fresh out of prison himself, talking about a sure-fire "opportunity" to heist some gold from a loosely guarded manufacturing plant for high performance electronic components. But Ben wants no part of it, he has a good life and wants to stay out of prison. But there is another factor, his brother explains, which makes the offer hard to refuse.
The plot depends on a grand deception, some will buy it and others will not. When it is all said and done, the payoff is not that great, but it is entertaining enough to hold the interest of most viewers.
MAJOR SPOILERS FOLLOW: Ben's brother is in debt and says he will die if they don't pull off the job, right away. The same day that Ben finds out he is fired because the owners do a background check and with his record don't want him anymore. So, hit by life with a 2X4, he chooses to help his brother, but insists no guns. The heist goes bad, 3 people including his brother die, and set in Texas Ben is shortly up for execution. At 22 minutes we see him apparently die by injection. But then we see him walking, in Oregon, and he finds clues and persons he believes are angels that convince him he has been raised from dead to be given a second chance. But he cannot leave or look up his family as that will be certain death. The ruse is run at a seminary by Bob Gunton (of Shawshank warden fame!!) as Father Ezra, whose "Lazarus Project" is to rehabilitate criminals. But Ben eventually breaks the ruse and by downloading incriminating information onto a jump drive then mailing it to his wife's address writes his ticket to freedom, since the world thinks he is dead. The movie ends with his coming home and embracing his wife.
A new brewery is opening up and Ben feels he is the logical candidate to run it, and his supervisor is a supporter of his. Unexpectedly his younger brother comes to visit, fresh out of prison himself, talking about a sure-fire "opportunity" to heist some gold from a loosely guarded manufacturing plant for high performance electronic components. But Ben wants no part of it, he has a good life and wants to stay out of prison. But there is another factor, his brother explains, which makes the offer hard to refuse.
The plot depends on a grand deception, some will buy it and others will not. When it is all said and done, the payoff is not that great, but it is entertaining enough to hold the interest of most viewers.
MAJOR SPOILERS FOLLOW: Ben's brother is in debt and says he will die if they don't pull off the job, right away. The same day that Ben finds out he is fired because the owners do a background check and with his record don't want him anymore. So, hit by life with a 2X4, he chooses to help his brother, but insists no guns. The heist goes bad, 3 people including his brother die, and set in Texas Ben is shortly up for execution. At 22 minutes we see him apparently die by injection. But then we see him walking, in Oregon, and he finds clues and persons he believes are angels that convince him he has been raised from dead to be given a second chance. But he cannot leave or look up his family as that will be certain death. The ruse is run at a seminary by Bob Gunton (of Shawshank warden fame!!) as Father Ezra, whose "Lazarus Project" is to rehabilitate criminals. But Ben eventually breaks the ruse and by downloading incriminating information onto a jump drive then mailing it to his wife's address writes his ticket to freedom, since the world thinks he is dead. The movie ends with his coming home and embracing his wife.