斯科特·阿金斯在《终极斗士3》《近距离》之后再一次与导演艾萨克·弗罗伦汀合作新电影。阿金斯此次在片中饰演一位前特战队队员，他的孩子在某一天遭到了不明人员的绑架，并且关在了沙漠中的密室里。主角若是想要让他的孩子活命，就必须完成绑架者交代给他的三个危险任务，并且他只有五个半小时来完成，否则自己的孩子就要因为缺氧而断送生命。而他的任务要求他去剿灭三个极度危险的犯罪团伙，这让他的救援之路难上加难。Nero, a former special forces agent, has moved to a quiet beach town to raise his son leaving his past life behind, but he gets rudely awakened by a phone call from a modulated voice telling him that his son has been kidnapped. In order to see his son alive again, Nero must wipe out three dangerous crime syndicates of highly-skilled criminals and kill each and every one of them. But he has to work alone and face increasing obstacles and levels of weaponry to uncover the identity of the man behind the macabre plot. The clock is ticking and Nero can't waste any time or make any mistakes or he will risk losing his son forever.