The movie is narrated by Lucky Ali, as Mak. The six main characters are detained by the LAPD, and interrogated about stealing a truck full of laptops and its whereabouts. All six are detained for about a day, where their deep antipathy towards the police department, for arresting them without any apparent evidence against all of them, and just because the witnesses had seen a South Asian at work, grows into a daring plot. Sparked by "Major" and blown up by "Ajju", who asks them to meet him in his club, they all hatch a plan to rob the bank in which lie the fundings for the LAPD. In return, Ajju reveals that he was the truck stealer and splits the money with all. Everyone goes about their normal life after that, in which it is revealed the personal troubles all face. Marc is a bouncer who hates the way his love of life, a club-dancer, has to live and decides to rescue her from the club owner Cyrus, by paying him the required money. Ajju is a club owner who is facing his own problems handling the club and has to lease it over. He also has an ongoing spat with Marc about his girlfriend. Major has a sick wife who he has to look after by supplying her with medicines and injections. Andy is a young, intelligent, software engineer who is having divorce and custody troubles, as his wife wont let him meet their child. He also has troubles with his job. Major knows that Andy is the most important member of the group as he is the only one who can hack out the bank system. Mak and Bali are two drug-peddlers who live off the street selling and buying illicit drugs under a drug lord. They meet when Bali is being chased by some undercover policemen and meets Mak in alley where he is adjusting something in his car. He agrees to save him only if he splits his loot. They agree to work on this method from that time on. They meet on a hotel roof-top where they construct their plan and arrange for arms, ammunition, vehicles and gadgets. They do some reconnaissance around the bank and two days before the robbery, Major calls up everyone to surprise them that the robbery was to take place the next day. Their arrangement on the rooftop, makes for some hilarious scenes. Once they meet a grenade-supplier who is a Kashmiri. He reveals that he is the one who supplies bombs and ammunition that burns Kashmir. On hearing this, Marc and Andy throw him off the hotel roof off which he dies. On the day of the robbery, they meet unexpected visitors in a SWAT team waiting for them outside the bank. They are engaged in gunfight on which, Mak is hit by a bullet off saving Major. They all escape and meet at their hideout. They realize that someone might have informed police and realize that the police might reach their hideout as well. Mak, who was hit, is not allowed to be taken to the hospital, and Major treats his wound with some alcohol. They all have verbal scuffle after which, Ajju, reveals he had kidnapped the Police Chief. They interrogate him and get to know that one among them, was an undercover cop. This strikes terror among them and they all decide to bring the whole stolen amount to their hideout. On the process, they meet a number of surprises. Major finds out that his wife had died. Ajju befriends Marc and tells him to elope with his girlfriend. Marc finds out that Ajju was feigning his inability to speak English. When they return, they find Bali dead, killed by Mak because Bali was being inhuman in his interrogation of the Police Chief. Ajju realizes Mak to be the informer. Major defends Mak because he saved him during the gunfight at the bank. They all arrive at a Mexican stand-off, with Andy as the viewer. He retreats and runs away with the bags. They all kill each other, during which Major apologizes to Mak, for not saving him. In reply, Mak apologizes saying he was just doing his duty. Major realizes his mistake and shoots the already dying Mak in the head. Marcs girl-friend is shown waiting for him at the airpland and Andy is shown at the end driving off the highway pursued by a Police helicopter. It is ascertained that he also died as all of them are, narrated by Mak, to have met in hell.

Production

The film was to star Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, Mahesh Manjrekar, Kumar Gaurav, Shilpa Shetty and Lisa Ray initially. But Akshaye Khanna opted out of the project subsequently, while Malaika Arora stepped in Shilpa Shettys shoes and Namrata Singh Gujral was cast opposite Kumar Gaurav in lieu of Lisa Ray. The character of Renu Mathur [played by Namrata Singh Gujral] was the only role cast in Hollywood from the entire principal cast. All other principals including Amitabh Bachchan were flown in from Mumbai for the Hollywood shoot. This was Amitabh Bachchans 126th lead role. The film was the first Bollywood film to be completely shot in Los Angeles. The films production team used Hollywood technicians. Rohit Roy [Fattu Bhai from Shootout at Lokhandwala and popular television actor] makes an appearance in the Song "Ishq Samandar". The film was inspired by several Hollywood and Hong Kong action films, including Ringo Lams City on Fire, Quentin Tarantinos Reservoir Dogs [itself inspired by City on Fire], Bryan Singers The Usual Suspects, and the Al Pacino and Robert De Niro starrer Heat. The first half was inspired by The Usual Suspects and Heat, while the second half is more similar to City on Fire and Reservoir Dogs. The movie was the first bollywood movie which was shot at Los Angeles with all foreign crew.