Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is a family man whose wife and daughter were brutally murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), a hotshot young Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned the case. Against his will, Rice is forced to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice.
Fast forward ten years...
The man who got away with murder is found dead and Shelton coolly admits his guilt. Then he issues a warning to Rice: either fix the flawed justice system, or key players in the trial will die. Soon Shelton follows through on his threats, orchestrating a string of ingenious assassinations from his jail cell.
Now Rice find himself in a desperate race against time facing a deadly adversary who always seems to be one step ahead.
| Jamie Foxx | Nick Rice |
| Gerard Butler | Clyde Shelton |
| Colm Meaney | Detective Dunnigan |
| Bruce McGill | Jonas Cantrell |
| Leslie Bibb | Sarah Lowell |
| Michael Irby | Detective Garza |
| Gregory Itzin | Warden Iger |
| Regina Hall | Kelly Rice |
| Emerald Angel Young | Denise Rice |
| Christian Stolte | Clarence Darby |
| Annie Corley | Judge Laura Burch |
| Richard Portnow | Bill Reynolds |
| Viola Davis | Mayor |
| Michael Kelly | Bray |
| Josh Stewart | Rupert Ames |
| Roger Bart | Brian Bringham |
| Dan Bittner | Sereno |
| Evan Hart | Collins |
| Reno Laquintano | Dwight Dixon |
| Jason Babinsky | Del Frisco waiter |
| Rich Barlow | Older Cop |
| Greg Young | Swat Captain |
| Jim Gushue | SWAT Troop #1 |
| Charlie Edward Alston | Inmate |
| Anthony Lawton | Trunk Cop |
| Julian Marzal | Sheriff at Shed |
| David Villalobos | Print Reporter |
| Ksenia Hulayev | Clyde's Daughter |
| Brooke Mills | Clyde's Wife |
| Todd Lewis | Cop |
| Bijean Ngo | Marvelle |
| Cecelia Ann Birt | Nick's Assistant |
| Lamont Clayton | FBI Agent |
| Lynn Boianelli | Princess on Air Mattress |
| David Huddleston | Newscaster at Execution |
| Gabra Zackman | Another Reporter |
| Brian Anthony Wilson | Homeland Security Supervisor |
| Stephanie Humphrey | Local Newscaster #1 |
| Tracy Toth | Local Newscaster #2 |
| Patrick McDade | Charlie - City Hall Security |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Messenger |
| Lawrence Laravela | Bailiff #1 |
| Barbara Lambert | Bailiff #2 |
| Timothy Whiteside | Prison Guard |
| Nakia Dillard | City Hall Sheriff |
| Neil Sacker | Executive Producer |
| Michael Goguen | Executive Producer |
| Jonathan Sela | Director of Photography |
| Tariq Anwar | Film Editor |
| Brian Tyler | Composer |
| Bruce Litecky | production sound mixer |
| Mark P. Stoeckinger | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Alan Rankin | Sound Designer |
| Christopher Assells | Sound Editor |
| Masanobu Tomita | Sound Editor |
| Peter Zinda | Sound Editor |
| Dror Mohar | Sound Editor |
| Michael Hertlein | Sound Editor |
| Paul Timothy Carden | Sound Editor |
| Glenn T. Morgan | Sound Editor |
| Marc Fishman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Adam Jenkins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Alex Hadju | Production Designer |
| Jeffrey Kurland | Costume Designer |
| Jesse Rosenthal | Art Director |
| Robert Mathews | Costume Designer |
| Christina Smith | Make-Up Artist |
| Lindsay Irish DeSarno | Make-Up Artist |
| Donna Moyer | Make-Up Artist |
| LaLette Littlejohn | Make-Up Artist |
| Darrell Pritchett | Visual Effects |
| Ray Brown | Visual Effects |
| William Casey Pritchett | Visual Effects |
| Robert Corey Pritchett | Visual Effects |
| Jason Currie | Visual Effects |
| Raymond Henry | Visual Effects |
| James Hughes | Visual Effects |
| Doug Butts | Visual Effects |
| Raymond Gieringer | Visual Effects |
| Simon Hughes | Visual Effects |
| Mat Beck | Visual Effects |
| Brian Harding | Visual Effects |
| Jay Randall | Visual Effects |
| Vladimir Leschinski | Visual Effects |
| Dan Schrecker | Visual Effects |
| Fabrice Lagayette | Visual Effects |
