In the wake of a shocking double cross that foils an important sting operation set to catch a black-market arms dealer, federal agent Sonni Griffith (Wesley Snipes) finds himself rotting in an Eastern European prison. When his connections in the CIA arrange for his release, Griffith is assigned to return to the United States with a vital witness, Nadia Cominski (Silvia Colloca), in tow. As Griffith struggles to protect Cominski, an army of Romanian criminals follows in hot pursuit.