«Sleepless» is based on the French thriller «Sleepless Night» (OT: Nuit Blanche) by Frédéric Jardin, which was released in cinemas in his home country in 2011. The thriller remake initially also had the working title Sleepless Night before it was shortened to Sleepless. For the Swiss director Baran bo Odar, who had previously attracted attention with the German thriller "Who Am I - Kein System ist Sicherheit", "Sleepless" was the first international production that he staged in English. Actors Jamie Fox and Michelle Monaghan, who appear in the film, had previously appeared together in front of the camera for "Due Date" (2010). Theatrical release is March 9, 2017...
Las Vegas: It cannot be dismissed out of hand that Vincent Downs (Jamie Foxx) is a corrupt cop. In Sleepless he goes undercover to a nightclub. Unfortunately, things go wrong during his mission: It is revealed that he is a cop, he is stabbed and, to make matters worse, he also loses a bag full of cocaine. A couple of gangsters (Dermot Mulroney and Scoot McNairy) kidnap his son in order to use this leverage to get the drug back. Vincent now has to regain the lost cocaine in order to save his kidnapped son from the various criminals who are after him. At the same time, he and his partner (TI) try to escape the followers of the criminal leader in the casino. And as if that weren't enough, an internal affairs investigator (Michelle Monaghan) is on his heels.