Back in the good old, bad old days, Michael and Ray were East End villains, working together on a series of lucrative crimes. Today Michael is living a comfortable life in Spain with his younger second wife Francine while Ray, married to sharp-tongued Brenda, is struggling to make ends meet back in Britain. After two years without any contact Michael has invited Ray and Brenda over to Spain for a visit and Ray is delighted, but Brenda is suspicious: what are Michael's true motives? Polly, a young researcher working on a movie, introduces yet more tensions to an already volatile situation and, as the stories of the men's past are told, suspicions increase until finally the truth is revealed...