Commissioner Esko Heinonen is alerted to be a negotiator in a hostage situation, where he is faced with the extremely dangerous Ilpo Larha. The police management doubts whether the inexperienced Heinones is a negotiator with a manipulative psychopath. Just three years earlier, Ilpo Larha is an ordinary taxi driver who has just met the love of his life. The attraction to danger makes the young man try his hand at driving a getaway car, and a criminal career begins.