Synopsis:
In New York City, young ballet dancer Abigail is abducted by six criminals and recovered to a secluded upstate mansion. Before leaving, their leader Lambert instructs them to guard Abigail for 24 hours, at which point they will receive an equal share of a $50 million ransom paid by her father. Using fake names to avoid any member from identifying the others, the group consists of: former Army medic and recovering drug addict Joey; former NYPD detective Frank; thrill-seeking hacker Sammy; former Marine sniper Rickles; dimwitted mob enforcer Peter; and sociopathic driver Dean.
Though reluctant to continue with the plan as she was unaware the target was a child, Joey is tasked with managing Abigail. Joey is sympathetic to her, sharing that she has a son and promising to protect Abigail from harm. Abigail admits her father does not care about her and will not pay the ransom, before apologizing for what is going to happen to Joey. Perturbed by Abigail's words, Frank violently confronts her, learning that her father is Kristof Lazaar, a powerful, almost mythical crimelord.
After unsuccessfully flirting with Sammy, Dean enters the basement where he is attacked by an unseen assailant. Investigating his screams, Sammy finds Dean's decapitated corpse. The group realize that Lazaar's legendarily violent enforcer Valdez must be inside the house and try to leave but the home's security system seals the property, preventing escape. While looking for a way out, Rickles is mutilated and killed. The group confronts Abigail for information but she transforms into a vampire, revealing she is Valdez. Frank shoots Abigail but her injuries instantly heal and the group flees in terror.
They return and ineffectively attack Abigail with tropes of vampiric lore such as garlic and crucifixes, and her strength and speed allow her to easily overwhelm and prevent the group from stabbing her through the heart with wooden stakes. Joey successfully incapacitates Abigail with a tranquilizer and the team imprison her, though not before she bites Sammy. Upon awakening, the centuries-old Abigail reveals that she knows the group's true identities and arranged for them to abduct her, through Lambert, so she can kill them for entertainment, as each has wronged her father. Joey deduces that Abigail has killed dozens of her father's enemies in a failed effort to earn her father's love.
Abigail effortlessly escapes her confines and attacks Frank, but Joey rips wooden planks off a window to expose Abigail to sunlight, which severely wounds her. With only hours before sunset, the group splits up to find an escape route, but Sammy is transformed into a vampire thrall under Abigail's control and kills Peter. Abigail has Sammy attack Frank and Joey, forcing Joey to destroy Sammy with reflected sunlight.
Lambert lures Frank and Joey to the hidden security room, where he reveals Abigail turned him into a vampire years earlier for helping Frank avoid Lazaar's wrath. Frank allows Lambert to turn him into a vampire so they can work together to kill Abigail and Lazaar, but following his transformation, Frank kills Lambert for leading him into Abigail's trap. Abigail attacks Frank, but he overpowers her and drains her blood, leaving her weakened. Cornered, Joey leaves a phone message for her son, apologizing for having been absent from his life for many years. Revelling in his power, Frank bites Joey, intending to turn her into his thrall and force her to kill Abigail and eventually her own son. However, Joey's transformation fails due to Frank's inexperience with his new abilities, and she and Abigail team up to kill him.
Abigail encourages Joey to leave and be present in her son's life, but Lazaar arrives and threatens Joey.
Abigail defends Joey for being present when she needed her while Lazaar was not. Although Lazaar angrily rebuts her, he relents for Abigail's sake and allows the bloodied and battered Joey to leave.
CAST
- Melissa Barrera as Joey
- Dan Stevens as Frank
- Alisha Weir as Abigail
- Will Catlett as Rickles
- Kathryn Newton as Sammy
- Kevin Durand as Peter
- Angus Cloud as Dean
- Giancarlo Esposito as Lambert
- Matthew Goode as Father
