Faced with a lack of funds for his daughter's medical treatment, a former professional card dealer teams up with an old co-worker in a plan to rob a casino owned by a renowned gangster. Bullets fly when the robbery is foiled, forcing them to escape the scene by hijacking a city bus. With the passengers taken as hostages, the desperate father and his former colleague must outmaneuver both the police and the gangster's second man in a high-speed, high-thrills chase.