Private investigator Philip Marlowe’s (Liam Neeson) business goes awry when the beautiful Clare Cavendish (Diane Kruger) lights up his run-down office with her face. She has a mission: her lover Nico Peterson (François Arnaud) has disappeared without a trace and Marlowe must find him. A job comes in handy for the detective and he’s never been able to refuse a wish from a mysterious beauty. He also fell in love with the black-eyed blonde right away. So he throws himself into the middle of the quest, and thus once again right in the middle of big trouble. Because he unravels a mystery and soon takes on a powerful and wealthy family that doesn’t shy away from anything….