This thriller follows the exploits of a recently released con who gets involved with the bank job from hell. As soon as Zed is released from prison he heads for Paris to perform a robbery for a friend. Zed is a safe-cracker. His friend Eric has chosen a very difficult safe at a large bank. Not only does he expect Zed to successfully break in, he wants him to do it during business hours. Eric "plans" that it will be as easy as walking in the bank, pulling out the cash, and leaving. Immediately after the heist, Zed must leave Europe. Before he meets with Eric, Zed spends time with Zoe, a call girl. The night before the job, the 9 thieves spend their time drinking, taking drugs, and making love. None of them are mentally and physically prepared for the theft. Sure enough, the robbery begins badly. Though there are seven members on the "team," most are so badly hung-over that they are not functioning. Someone is killed. Zed is taken to the basement to open the vault. En route he spies Zoe, who works as a teller by day. The plot offers many unique twists before the doomed thieves get their proper due.
