Present day New York City: Shawn MacArthur (Channing Tatum) is a street hustler.

One day while selling counterfeit goods at the corner of Radio City Music Hall, a group of young men attempt to force Shawn to relocate with his merchandise.

These boys work for Harvey Boarden (Terrence Howard), a ticket scalper who controls the corner.

Harvey takes Shawn to a club where he meets a waitress named Zulay (Zulay Henao), a single mother to whom Shawn had earlier tried to sell a fake Chinese Harry Potter book.

The fight descends into chaos after interference from some of Harvey's crew when the opponent nearly chokes Shawn, and the woman who owns the store pulls out a gun because one of the guys spills her drink.

At Harvey's apartment, Shawn reveals Zulay reversed the bets and they have one million dollars.

"[4] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 61 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.