Henry Loving is a 'lifter', hired to extract information from his victims by any means. He sets his sights on a Washington, D.C police detective & he's quickly put under government protection. Protection Officer Corte is assigned to keep the family safe. But he knows firsthand how brutal the lifter can be after losing someone close to him, 6 years earlier. Tensions soon increase within the family & soon becomes a contest between protector & lifter. With Loving closing in, Corte must decide whether to protect the family or use them as bait to exact revenge...