Milo Boyd, a former
New York Police Department detective is now a
bounty hunter. His ex-wife, Nicole Hurley, is an investigative reporter who was recently arrested for
assaulting a police officer. Nicole receives a tip on a story, an apparent
suicide that may have been a
murder, so she skips her
bond hearing to meet her informant, causing the judge to revoke her
bail and issue a warrant for her arrest. Just before Nicole arrives, her informant, Jimmy, is kidnapped. Milo is
ecstatic when Nicole's
bail bondsman, Sid, offers him the job of bringing her to jail for a bounty of $5,000. Nicole's mother Kitty inadvertently helps him find her at a race track in
New Jersey. Capturing Nicole, he throws her into his trunk and drives back towards
Manhattan. Nicole escapes briefly before he re-captures her. They are being stalked: Milo by two thugs sent by his
bookie Irene, because of his gambling debts, and Nicole by corrupt cop Earl Mahler, who is connected with the story she is investigating, and both by Nicole's lovestruck coworker Stewart, bent on rescuing her from Milo. Irene's thugs confuse Stewart for Milo and mistakenly kidnap him. As Milo drives along, Earl pulls alongside and tries to shoot Nicole, but he misses, and then Earl crashes. He gets away by hijacking a passing car. Milo is not interested in Nicole's explanations until she tells him she's found evidence that implicates Bobby, their mutual friend, and Milo's ex-partner on the force, indicating that he is involved with Earl. Milo decides to investigate with her. Clues from Earl's car lead them to a country club, where they learn from a
caddie that Earl owns a
tattoo parlor in
Queens, so they start to make their way there. A call from Bobby warns them to get off the road and lie low. The nearest hotel turns out to be the
bed and breakfast where they had spent their
honeymoon and they are given the same room. Spending time together, they discover they still have feelings for each other and both admit making mistakes. Later, coming out of the bathroom, Nicole overhears Milo telling Sid he may sleep with her, but he's still taking her to jail. When he's asleep, she handcuffs him to the bed and takes his car to go to the
tattoo parlor. Milo steals a car to follow her. At the parlor, Nicole finds Jimmy and frees him before they are captured by Irene's thugs. They take Nicole with them when they visit a
strip club, and Milo rescues her by causing a distraction. Then they hear Bobby is heading to the police department's evidence warehouse, which is being relocated to a new building. There, Bobby confronts Earl, a former friend who has used Bobby's name to gain access to the warehouse and steal a large amount of narcotics and cash, and tries to arrest him, but Earl shoots him. When Milo and Nicole enter the warehouse, Milo is ambushed by Earl, but Milo jumps Earl when Nicole threatens him from behind with a shotgun she has found amongst the evidence. Bobby, who has survived the shooting, explains that Earl was using him, as well as the man who supposedly committed suicide, to gain access to the warehouse. There was no proof, so Bobby was waiting for Earl to make his move before arresting him. Milo emphasizes that Earl might have gotten away with it if Nicole hadn't picked up clues. He and Nicole appear to have reconciled, although they agree that sometimes their jobs have to come first. Nicole is shocked when Milo insists on still turning her into the police so he can collect the reward. On his way out of the precinct, Milo runs into a cop who insulted him earlier and punches him in the face. He is arrested and put in the cell adjoining Nicole's. He reminds her that it is their
anniversary and now they have to spend it together. Through the bars separating them, they admit their love and embrace and kiss. ==Cast==