Michael (Spacey) is a suave, sarcastic and sexy man: an ordinary decent criminal who robs from the rich but lives with the poor. He loves his wife, Christine and her sister Lisa, his children, his gang and, above all, his way of life. He dreams up robberies with hallmark panache which rarely fail to endear him to the public. He challenges authority at every turn, culminating in the ultimate art theft from Dublin's most prestigious gallery, outwitting and dumbfounding the police, Interpol and the rest of the criminal fraternity.