Robert Scott (Val Kilmer) is a US government secret agent A man hardened by years of brutal service, he is feared by his peers and enemies alike. His newest assignment is to find Laura Newton (Kristen Bell), the teenaged daughter of a high government official, who appears to have been kidnapped. The pressure is on for Scott and his novice partner Curtis (Derek Luke), to find the girl fast, before the story leaks. Working with a special task force, Scott and Curtis stumble upon a plot more sinister than expected. With a white slavery ring and Stoddard (William H. Macy), a corrupt political operative to contend with, the pair find themselves at the centre of a dangerous conspiracy.