Freddy `the Hush` Burnett is a lonely hit-man with his own code of justice who, from a young age, was taught how to move, act and function as an instrument of death and justice. He is hired by a shadow criminal organization, known as the Four Horsemen, for a simple job: in one night, eliminate and deliver the corpse of a corrupt Judge. In the midst of dealing with the Judge, the Hush ends up encountering a young woman, Lillian, who happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Both characters, in their own attempt for survival and preservation, end up in a struggle that results in Lillian`s death and the beginning of discoveries that lead the Hush towards a place of guilt and sorrow, something that he is never supposed to feel. Now with extra `weight` in his trunk, the Hush sets out to clear his tracks and deliver the Judge`s dead body. As he begins to loose control, the ghosts of those he has killed begin to haunt the Hush. Preparing to take his pay and vanish, the Hush has a ...