Wesley Snipes delivers another of his one-dimensional tough guys in this uninspired, cliché-ridden action thriller. Snipes stars as a Washington DC homicide detective who's called in to investigate a murder at the White House. As he delves deep into the crime with Secret Service agent Diane Lane he begins to uncover a conspiracy that may reach all the way to the president himself. Unfolding like a cheap novel, director Dwight H Little's routine mystery generates little suspense and even less interest as the sloppy scenario keeps falling apart, adding further implausibility to a yarn that's already hard to swallow.

A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Despite resistance from the Secret Service, Regis partners with agent Nina Chance. As political tensions rise, they learn that the crime could be part of an elaborate cover-up. Framed as traitors, the pair, plus Regis' partner, break into the White House in order to expose the true culprit.