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……

西蒙（杰里米•艾恩斯 饰）是个头脑慎密，心狠手毒的恐怖分子。为了实现一场惊天大阴谋，他先是制造了一起爆炸案。在警方紧张破案之际，他又给警长约翰•麦卡伦（布鲁斯•威利斯 饰）打电话，声称警方必须听从他的一系列指令，否则他将继续在全市搞爆炸活动。　　在杂货店老板宙斯（塞缪尔•杰克逊 饰）的帮助下，麦卡伦完成了西蒙的一系列指令，多次死里逃生。然而意犹未尽的西蒙，命令麦克莱恩去拆除街心花园的炸弹，又宣称在纽约市一所小学校内安放了炸弹。警方和市政官员几乎全部出动，去各小学疏散学生，搜寻炸弹。　　麦卡伦逐渐对西蒙一个又一个的指令产生疑虑，他终于发现西蒙调动全市警力背后的真相……

Russian operatives hijack a commercial American jet, planning to crash it into a nuclear power plant near Washington, D.C. resulting in fallout that will devastate the Eastern seaboard. With little time for Air Force fighters to shoot it down, the passengers and crew aboard the aircraft must rely on their own military and civilian training to stop the terrorists before it's too late.

为了应对911之后日益猖獗的恐怖主义，美国总统亨利·阿什顿（威廉·赫特 William Hurt 饰）与西方各国以及阿拉伯国家首脑相约西班牙的萨拉曼卡，将在此缔结全新的反恐同盟。是日阳光明媚，广场人头攒动，不同社会背景之人齐齐聚集，嘈杂万分。阿什顿总统的车队在一片欢呼和反对声中到来，六个月前为保护总统而遭到枪击的资深探员托马斯·巴恩斯（丹尼斯·奎德 Dennis Quaid 饰）冲在最前方，警觉地监视着来自周遭一切可疑之人。谁知，当总统正准备发表演说时，两发子弹击中了他。广场顿时大乱，有人仓皇而逃，有人冲向主席台，有人则趁乱制造祸端。随之而来的爆炸将这美好的一日彻底毁灭。　　通过电视台女导播、阿什顿总统、巴恩斯以及几名和此事件有关之人的视角，血腥一日背后的真相逐步得到还原……

一位被公认为社会公敌的贩毒头子终于落网，但为了报复和脱罪，他不惜指使手下以炸弹对付拒绝保释的法官，和主持调查这宗案件的督察和干探。另一方面，警方为了取得毒贩指使杀人的证据，派出卧底干探亲近毒贩最亲密的女友，找出毒贩借刀杀人的证据，一场斗智斗勇的战争随之而展开了。

John Wood left the pieces of a broken civilisation behind, to go back to his roots in the woodland, after a virus pandemic struck the world. Residing in a simple cabin, he only wants peace and to live in harmony with nature. Coming from a long line of timber men, he joined the army and served as a soldier for many years. Rebelling against his superiors for killing civilians under martial law. John feels he got his own wife killed when saving hundreds of innocent civilians from certain death. His wife executed point blank as retribution for John's disobedience and supposed heroic acts. Now, a young woman named Maria Johnson has escaped a pandemic research lab. She's been part of experiments to find a cure for the still raging virus. Carrying the potential cure in her blood, she is hunted by profiteers and mercenaries who knows her secret. Coming upon John's cabin in the woods, Maria is instinctively taken into shelter by John. He wants her to recover fast and leave, but by learning her...