A global scientific summit debates and fails on a plan to stop a massive asteroid heading straight for Earth, with all countries blaming each other for the impeding disaster. With communications tense, the daughter of a tech billionaire assembles her own team of specialists to try to destroy the asteroid before it is 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……
An ex junkie witnesses a murder. She is forced to cooperate with the killer to save her daughter's life. She must fight time, the police and criminal underworld to save the only person who means something to her.
