Archeologist Robert Burns (Steven Seagal) is on a dig in China and discovers that criminals are using his artifacts to smuggle drugs. Then his assistant is murdered by the crooks, and Burns is arrested for the crime. Once proven innocent and released, he heads back to the U.S., where his wife, Maya (Kata Dobó), is killed in an explosion set by the smugglers. He sets out to get his revenge on the killers, with Chinese cop Ling (Michelle Goh) and DEA agent Grey (Corey Johnson) also in pursuit.