- Handsome and successful Jim appears to have it all: he's married to the beautiful and supportive Lisa, has a healthy baby, and works a cool gig as the director of hardcore porno fare. Jim's seemingly perfect life starts to fall apart when he has an extramarital fling with an actress and the local Los Angeles vice cops close in to make a bust.
- 安保专家卡特(韦斯利•斯奈普斯 Wesley Snipes 饰)在阻止一次超市抢劫案时,因为处理失误导致妻子身亡,自感愧疚的卡特状态低沉。好友试图帮助他重新振作,推荐卡特担任航空公司安保教师一职,卡特乘坐航班前往洛杉矶公干。在同一班客机上,著名恐怖分子查尔斯•雷恩(布鲁斯·佩恩 Bruce Payne 饰)也在FBI的押解下前往加州受审。穷凶极恶的雷恩早已在空乘人员内部安插了自己的手下,一班匪徒在飞机起飞不久即控制了飞机,孤立无援的卡特放掉了燃油迫使飞机降落在一处小型机场,当地警方在FBI到来前试图控制局势,卡特反被他们误认为是恐怖分子一伙,他如何凭借一己之力力挽狂澜,拯救机上百多人的生命?