A mega-platinum, aging rock star's supermodel wife is abducted by pirates while vacationing in Chile.

Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. Being a thief who is down on his luck, Bernie takes advantage of the crash, but then someone else claims credit for the rescue.

Rocky the gangster kidnaps Tweety Bird for a million dollar ransom and holes up in an abandoned city building...