an action-thriller that begins with the brutal murder of the granddaughter of a wealthy man. Her grieving grandfather issues a challenge heard around the world: “Kill the murderer, and I’ll pay you $1 billion. If you die in the process, the money goes to your family.” All that stands between the accused murderer and death is a tough U.S. Marshall who takes his moral code seriously and who is tasked with delivering the accused from New York to Los Angeles, with just about everyone from nurses to shop clerks to sophisticated criminal organizations trying to kill them both and cash in.