It all seems to be going swimmingly for James right? Wrong! At his engagement party with his fiancé Alissa (Alison Brie) James is arrested for suspected fraud and embezzlement. After securing a fairly sizeable profit for his company one afternoon, James is lucky enough to be promoted to partner at his firm and his boss pleads weigh him to finally call him dad. James’ car washer Darnell Lewis (Kevin Hart) is a husband and a father desperately seeking a way to expand his business and leave the gang banger neighbourhood his family reside in. James King (Will Ferrell) is an extremely wealthy hedge fund manager who is engaged to his boss’ gold digging daughter and the perfect company man. When millionaire James King is nailed for fraud and bound for San Quentin, he turns to Darnell Lewis to prep him to go behind bars.