Political thriller from the Director of The World’s Fastest Indian and the Producers of Air Force One. In October 1962, President John F. Kennedy (Bruce Greenwood) uncovers the Soviet Union’s plan to place nuclear weapons in Cuba, an arsenal with the potential to wipe out most of the eastern and southern United States in minutes. With the aid of his chief advisor (Kevin Costner), the administration has only a matter of days to find a plan to prevent disaster.