Thomas Brenner is in his forties and a taxi driver. His life doesn’t hold a lot of surprises and if it were up to him, he would rather be invisible to the world. But Thomas is longing for a family – without knowing how to accomplish something like that.
Then, one day, a group of Russian men and their killer dog “Roxy” enter his taxi. Igor, the chief, is a weapons dealer on the run because he has messed with the wrong people. Thomas quickly turns out to be of great help for him. Within the next few days, the men use him for many smaller and bigger tasks, some of them being in the legal grey area, some of them far beyond. When Thomas, who at first is only in it for the money, picks up Igor’s attractive wife Liza and her little son Vova from the train station, everything changes for him. Very soon, money is not Thomas’ only motivation anymore. He falls in love with Liza and for little Vova he becomes an important confidant. Igor as well starts trusting Thomas more and more. With his life and his dealings. Thomas becomes part of Igor’s family and Igor’s most important employee without ever having applied for that job. But the rope around Igor’s neck and therefore around Thomas’ is relentlessly geting tighter and tighter. The Russian intelligence is on their tail, and Thomas is supposed to help the men from the FSB to bag Igor.
Ultimately, Igor’s affiliate gets shot and his employees disappear one by one. The once powerful oligarch becomes increasingly isolated and his taxi driver becomes his closest and finally only confidant. Deeper and deeper Thomas gets sucked into a swirl of betrayal, friendship, love and loyalty. And with time, he develops abilities that he didn’t think he’d ever have. But Igor’s suspicion grows, the closer Thomas gets to Liza and finally Thomas must go all in to save himself and start a new life.
(Pygmalion Film Productions)