After faking his own death, a former CIA contractor develops a relationship with a foreign prostitute while awaiting the delivery of his new identity. She involves him in a deadly conspiracy that puts them both in the cross-hairs of a Russian pimp, a corrupt police detective, and a Honduran drug cartel.
Despite its dark subject matter, this contemporary film noir offering emerges as a thought-provoking movie about such important concerns as principles, autonomy, betrayal, and sacrifice.
It's slower and quieter than it needs to be, but "Sole Proprietor" has a distinctive vision of a world populated entirely by ruthless, violent people accustomed to operating under their own rules.
