Michelle, a wealthy bank employee’s wife, and her two teenage children have been taken captive at their home by a tiger kidnap gang. The gang have taken her husband to his bank so that he can steal a large sum of money for them. Meanwhile, Michelle and the kids are tied to chairs in the living room of their luxurious, secluded house and guarded by two members of the gang. One gang member takes the opportunity to take a nap but the younger man, Tony, keeps a close eye on the family. Michelle sees him as scum for engaging in a kidnap, while he reckons she’s just a pampered middle-class wife. It isn’t long before the intelligent young kidnapper and the snobbish Michelle are engaged in a battle of wits that can only have one victor.