Wallace Avery (Oscar winner Colin Firth) hates his job. He's blown his dream of being a pro golfer, and his relationships are a mess. Desperate for a fresh start, he fakes his own death and buys a new identity as Arthur Newman. Along the way he meets the beautiful and reckless Mike (Emily Blunt), and together they hit the road- borrowing identities and engaging in an elaborate game of role-play and crime. But is it really possible for them to escape their past?