While escorting an elderly man to an undisclosed location, The Driver is confronted by a van full of armed men and is warned that the old man has stolen a large amount of diamonds. The old man claims to have swallowed the diamonds and that the men will likely cut him open to retrieve them. The Driver decides at the last minute to help him, participating in a car chase and shootout with the van. The Driver eventually evades his pursuers and watches their destruction. He then delivers the old man to a town nearby and asks the merchant if he did indeed swallowed the diamonds. The client merely chuckles and walks away. The Driver then leaves.

悠扬庄重的法螺响起，深夜的码头边，勇敢的白人司机（克里·欧文 Clive Owen 饰）接受了一项史无前例的重要任务。渡船靠岸，从船上下来一名身穿红袍的少年喇嘛（李淳 Mason Lee 饰）。他的脸上浮现出与年龄并不相符的成熟与自信，少年喇嘛送给司机一只小盒子，并阻止 司机立刻打开的念头。他们二人双双进入车厢，谁知此时码头尽头又出现两辆汽车。来者不善，少年喇嘛的行踪和安危足以引起一连串的重大政治事件。
司机沉着冷静，以娴熟的技术驾驶汽车，与对手们在混乱的码头上展开连番紧张刺激又妙趣横生的捉迷藏。他能否将身后这位具有先见之明的少年喇嘛安全送达……