Ayant décidé de quitter son boulot de tueur à gages pour couler des jours heureux auprès de sa petite amie Eve, Chev Chelios choisit d'épargner sa dernière victime, un caïd chinois. Peu après, un matin, le tueur réalise qu'il a été empoisonné dans son sommeil par son commanditaire, le gangster Ricky Verona, et qu'il n'a plus qu'une heure à vivre. Joint au téléphone, son médecin lui explique que, pour neutraliser temporairement le cocktail mortel qu'on lui a injecté, il doit stimuler son coeur de toutes les façons possibles. C'est donc à cent à l'heure que Chev parcourt la ville à la recherche de Verona, détenteur de l'antidote, tout en prenant au passage Eve. Celle-ci apprendra de façon brutale la vérité sur les activités criminelles de son amoureux.

DVD inclut la version originale anglaise et la version doublée en français ainsi que plusieurs suppléments.

The DVD includes the original English version and the dubbed French version as well as many bonuses.

Chev Chelios is about to begin his morning with an unexpected wake-up call. Groggy, practically unable to move and with a heart that's barely beating, Chev answers his cell phone and hears the voice of thug Ricky Verona, who reveals Chev has been poisoned in his sleep and has only an hour to live.

As it turns out, Chev is a hit man who freelances for a major West Coast crime syndicate. And a run of the mill job the night before that was supposed to be like any other hit went unexpectedly awry: Chev let his target go in an effort to quit the professional killing business and start a new life with his girlfriend Eve.

Now, Chev must keep moving -literally- to stay alive. The only way to prolong the poison from stopping his heart is to keep his adrenaline flowing. As the clock ticks, Chelios cuts a swath through the streets of Los Angeles, wreaking havoc on those who dare stand in his way. He must rescue Eve from danger, stay two steps ahead of his nemeses as they try to eliminate him, and search for an antidote to save his own life.