After a sting operation goes badly wrong, FBI agent Zack Grant sets out to avenge the death of his partner. However, the gangster father of a crook killed in the same raid blames Grant for his loss and gets payback of his own by kidnapping his son. To rescue the boy, the agent is forced to enter into a deadly alliance with a Japanese Yakuza boss. Action adventure, starring Russell Crowe, Helen Slater, Etsushi Toyokawa, Michael Lerner and Kelly Hu.

When FBI Agent Zack Grant's partner is killed during a blown-up operation, he attempts to find the person responsible. Mafioso Frank Serlano believes Zack is responsible for his only son's death in the same operation and kidnaps Zack's son to hold as bait. The action gets wild when airline stewardess Mary is taken hostage to add what seems an another insurmountable problem for Zack. There appears to be no way out.