 Max Durocher (Foxx) is a night-shift cab driver in Los Angeles. He s planning a limo company called Island Limos, but has been a cab driver for twelve years. One night, he picks up a passenger named Vincent (Cruise) who seems like another ordinary passenger. But when he drops Vincent off at his location and waits for him as asked, a body falls on his cab, and it becomes clear that Vincent is actually a hitman, and he s got four more stops to make.