Eddie Kasalivich (Keanu Reeves) and Lily Sinclair (Rachel Weisz) are both researchers for a company that has just discovered pollution free energy in the form of bubble fusion. The celebration of the discovery does not last long when Eddie returns to the lab and finds that his boss has been murdered and the machine rigged to explode. When a million dollars shows up in Eddie's account, the police are convinced that he and Lily are the culprits of the crime and he goes on the run to try and discover the real culprit. Along the way Eddie enlists the aid of his former mentor Paul Shannon (Morgan Freeman) to try and help him solve the crime. Will Eddie and Lily be able to solve the crime and will Eddie's mentor help or hinder them in their efforts?