[4] The movie is based on the experiences of Christopher Mallick, who was previously associated with the internet billing company Epoch and was the founder of ePassporte.

Christopher Mallick has been accused of stealing millions of dollars from his customers at ePassporte to fund the creation of the film.

[5][6][7][8] In 2004 Houston, Jack Harris leaves home with several million dollars in a duffel bag, to pay Russian mobsters.

Buck, a former NASA scientist, takes 15 minutes to create a program to allow online credit card transactions to charge people for looking at dirty pictures on their website.

Jack has made the LA nightclub a success and attracts the attention of Jerry Haggerty, a crooked lawyer hired by Wayne and Buck to sort out their problem with Sokoloff.

Jack expands the business by dropping their porn site and focusing on the online credit card billing services.

Jack becomes addicted to the money, sex and power of his new L.A. lifestyle, spends little time with his Houston family and starts a relationship with porn star Audrey Dawns.

Jack is told that the boy will be released if he signs a contract giving his partnership share to Wayne, Buck, Sokoloff, and Haggerty.

Jack's FBI friend charges Sokoloff, Wayne and Buck with providing billing services for child porn.

The website's consensus reads: "Middle Men benefits from a solid cast, particularly Luke Wilson, but its muddled script lets them down.