执行卧底行动的美国中情局特工肖恩·布瑞尔（伊德里斯·艾尔巴 Idris Elba 饰）接到了一个新任务：他必须调查一个叫迈克尔·梅森（理查德·麦登 Richard Madden 饰）的美国职业骗子，因为这位年轻人可能会让美国官方遭受恐怖袭击巴黎的错误指控。但随着巴黎恐怖袭击的升级，特工意识到这位年轻人是无辜的，并且是他找到幕后真凶的唯一线索……

　　When a mentally ill young man thinks he witnesses an abduction and the police refuse to believe him, he reluctantly turns to his next door neighbor- a bitter, retired security guard- to help him find the missing woman.