PhD candidate Barkley Michaelson (Greenberg) is a man with a big problem. Living in the shadow of his philandering, arrogant father Eli (Rickman), he's never been good enough for the old man – and that was before Eli won the Nobel prize. So when Barkley's kidnapped on the eve of the Nobel ceremony and held for the $2 million in prize money, it's no surprise that Eli refuses to pay. Realising his fate rests in his own hands, Barkley decides to use his smarts and finally show his father.
