A criminal is caught up in a game of cat-&-mouse between a London police boss & a crime lord. Set in contemporary London The Deadly Game is the tale of Riley (Toby Stephens) a high line professional heistmeister hired to pull off the ultimate sting. Caught between Parker (Rufus Sewell) head of a maverick police unit & Joseph Corso (Gabriel Byrne) a renowned & feared crime lord Riley is unwittingly drawn into a deadly game of cat-&-mouse.