A criminal is caught up in a game of cat-and-mouse between a London police boss and a crime lord. Set in contemporary London, The Deadly Game is the tale of Riley (Toby Stephens) a high line professional heistmeister hired to pull off the ultimate sting. Caught between Parker (Rufus Sewell) head of a maverick police unit and Joseph Corso (Gabriel Byrne) a renowned and feared crime lord, Riley is unwittingly drawn into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.