When Lauren disappears from a night club and doesn’t return home the next morning, her mother, Michelle, to avoid publicity and a scandal, decides to search for her missing daughter. Michelle soon discovers that her daughter might have been part of a pornographic snuff ring that lures young girls to make their money. Fearing for Lauren’s safety, Michelle hires the help of a store employee to find her daughter. But finding Lauren soon becomes an impossible task as no one really cares about missing girls or a mother’s lover for her baby. In order to find her daughter, Michelle must enter into the darkest and most shocking areas of the industry. Michelle will go anywhere and do anything to find her baby girl. . . How far will you go
海湾战争中，坦克部队军官沙林（丹泽尔•华盛顿 Denzel Washington 饰）一次判断失误下令击毁了己军的坦克，令到好友鲍德温意外死亡了。虽然军事法庭判他不需承担责任，然而他还是日夜受着良心的煎熬，一直想找鲍德温的父母说明此事，却也一直没有勇气。 上司为了给沙林授勋，派他调查战争中一起机械师勇救士兵牺牲的事件。沙林调查中发现勇救士兵而英勇牺牲的竟然是卡伦（梅格•瑞安 Meg Ryan 饰）竟然是个女人！但现场的几名士兵的供词自相矛盾、漏洞百出。在沙林对其中一名士兵墨菲逼问后，墨菲竟然自杀了。随着墨菲的自杀，事件的真相慢慢浮出水面……
虽饱经枪林弹雨洗礼，但是孤胆英雄约翰·麦克莱恩（布鲁斯·威利斯 Bruce Willis 饰）与儿子杰克（杰·科特尼 Jai Courtney 饰）之间依然如同普通父子一样，有着不可逾越的深深隔阂。失去联络许多年，好不容易得到儿子消息的约翰，却发现杰克因多项罪名的指控在莫斯科沦为阶下囚，面临死刑威胁。他未作迟疑，启程前往遥远的俄罗斯。开庭当天，一伙身份不明之人连环爆炸袭击法庭，其目标直指同样遭到指控的俄罗斯富翁尤里·科马罗夫（塞巴斯蒂安·科赫 Sebastian Koch 饰）。混乱之中，杰克护送尤里逃脱，其囚徒背后的秘密身份正逐渐浮出水面。 异国他乡，孤立无援，麦克莱恩父子只有依靠彼此逃出生天……
