Jack Irish (Guy Pearce) is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime lover ? the complete man really. An expert in finding those who don?t want to be found ? dead or alive, Jack helps out his mates while avoiding the past. That is until the past finds him. Jack?s world revolves around the racetrack, the local pub and the artisan woodwork shop where he?s apprenticed himself to a master craftsman. But a phone call from an old client first arouses his curiosity, then preys upon his sense of justice; and sets Jack on a path which he doggedly pursues. From bent cops to identical twin thugs, political leaders to investigative journalists, suddenly everyone seems to want a piece of Jack Irish.