After his corporate career finds him transferred to London, Matthew Barnes (Binder) and his wife (Garofalo) are taken for a ride by John Gissing (Rickman), the associate he has unknowingly come to replace.
Refusing ...展开to be pushed out, Gissing intentionally misguides the couple, leaving them stranded in a foreign country, broke, homeless, and continuously finding themselves in the most awkward and troublesome of situations.
The couple strikes back when Gissing's mischievous scheme is revealed, turning matters into nothing less than pure comedic chaos.