Day on Fire is a haunting portrayal of violence. In New York, four women go about their lives, oblivious to the menace that is coming their way. Their paths intersect against the backdrop of a ghastly suicide bombing in Israel, and the strange foreboding wanderings of a mysterious man cruising the city for a woman. A doctor, a journalist, a singer and a model; As the women come together, the forces that will lead them to ther fates are gathering, on both sides of the ocean. Though the day begins innocently, before the sun sets each will come face to face with the terror and misery that the modern world brings, and each will hope for some redeeming moment.