When Army Colonel Griff Carson (Dean Cain) returns home from Germany on a two-month leave, he considers retiring if he doesn't get promoted to General. Being away on deployment has been hard on Griff, separating him from his wife Janet (Kristy Swanson) and two teenagers, Kim (Galadriel Stineman) and Ollie (Alec Gray).
Zohan, un peculiar y muy competente agente israelí de los servicios secretos del Mossad, finge su muerte para poder trasladarse de Israel a Nueva York y cumplir allí el sueño de su vida: convertirse en peluquero y estilista. Aunque Zohan se ha propuesto olvidar su peligrosa vida como agente de la lucha antiterrorista, pronto se da cuenta de que no es tan sencillo.
A museum worker pretends to be an artist in order to impress women. When an attractive assistant director of a SoHo art gallery overhears him, she offers to exhibit his work. He plays along, which leads to a series of complications following his newfound double life. He starts falling in love with the assistant director, but her art critic fiancé grows suspicious.
