As part of his efforts to turn over a new leaf by relocating to suburbia, former hitman Jack Lane gave up smoking a year ago minus a day. When Jerry Hoff comes to town, threatening to expose Jack`s secret past, Jack`s chain-smoking friend Larry must bear the brunt of Jack`s paranoia. Hoff, meanwhile, is intent on selling Jack`s past to primetime television, which could ruin everything. Hoff is going to have to pay the price.