Gerard Butler stars in a white-knuckle action thriller that sees pilot Brodie Torrance save his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of his passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, he turns to Louis Gaspare, an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI, for help. Discovering ther's more to Gaspare than meets the eye, the unlikely allies team up to get everyone off of the island alive.