A man is chased through the streets of
Nice, France, ultimately resulting in his death. Police officer Alain Moreau is brought by his partner Sebastien to the scene because the victim's face is identical to Alain's. Matches found in his pocket point towards a hotel, where the proprietor mistakes Alain for "Mikhail Suverov" and gives him the phone message "Call Alex Bohemia." In Mikhail's room is a passport with the same birth date as Alain, and a plane ticket to
New York City. Alain's mother admits that he has a twin brother whom she gave up at birth because she was impoverished. Alain and Sebastian visit the office of the lawyer who adopted Mikhail. They find the room in flames, and a Russian man attacks Alain. He escapes with the adoption file, which reveals Mikhail was adopted by a Russian family who immigrated to the United States. Alain takes the passport and plane ticket to New York to investigate Mikhail's death. In New York, Alain discovers Mikhail was a member of the
Russian mafia. After mentioning Alex Bohemia, Alain is referred to the Bohemia Club in
Little Odessa. There, a woman named Alex Bartlett mistakes him for Mikhail and gives him a key to a hotel room. Wary, Alain rents the room across the hall. When Alex comes to meet him later, Alain reveals that he is Mikhail's brother. Ivan (who saw Mikhail in the club) and his thugs arrive to kill him, believing he is Mikhail. Alain and Alex escape. Alex says that Mikhail was her boyfriend and he had a plan to leave the Mafia. At Mikhail's home, Alain finds out Mikhail discovered his existence when he saw an article in the paper about his war exploits. After more Russians come to the house, Alain and Alex flee to her friend's cabin. The next morning, two FBI agents come to the cabin. They say Mikhail kept evidence against the Mafia that he intended to turn over to them, wanting to reform. They want Alain to pose as Mikhail to access his safe deposit box back in Nice. In actuality, they want to destroy the evidence because it implicates them in colluding with the Mafia. Realizing that the FBI and not the Mafia knew Mikhail was dead, Alain deduces that it was FBI agents who killed Mikhail, and refuses to cooperate. After a fight, Alain handcuffs the agents together and leaves with Alex to visit Kirov, the Mafia's leader. At a
banya, Alain tells Kirov that Ivan was trying to kill him. Enraged, Kirov tells Alain the truth about the so-called evidence he has. Ivan then sends the big Russian thug to kill Kirov and Alain. In the ensuing scuffle Kirov dies. Alain escapes, but is arrested by NYPD. The two corrupt FBI agents find Alex and use her to force Alain, whom they bail out of jail, to access the deposit box. Bank policy dictates that only Mikhail can access the safe deposit box, forcing the agents to wait outside while Alain passes for him. In the box is the evidence, and the banker also brings him a box in Alain's name. This one has thousands in cash, a gun and a tape recording from Mikhail explaining how he decided to escape the Mafia and reunite with his family. Alain instructs a banker to turn over the evidence to the US Embassy, and sets off the sprinkler system to make his escape. Ivan, waiting with Sebastien as his hostage, sends in the big Russian. The thug kills the banker and takes the evidence, but Alain catches up and kills him in the elevator. Outside, police officers block off Ivan's escape, giving Alain time to catch up, shoot out Ivan's tires, and rescue Sebastien; Ivan dies in the wreckage. Alain then chases the agents into a meat locker, shoots them both and rescues Alex. Mikhail's evidence of Mafia collusion with the FBI leads to several arrests. Alain takes Alex to meet his mother so she can tell her about Mikhail. ==Cast==