The wife and child of Gordy Brewer (Arnold Shwarzenegger) are killed by a bomb set off in an apparent terrorist act. The thought of the man responsible for the death of his family being allowed to go free drives Brewer mad, and when he becomes fed up with the government's inept investigation, Brewer decides to investigate on his own. His investigation leads him to Colombia and to the man who is responsible for the bomb, Claudio "The Wolf" Perrini (Cliff Curtis). Brewer gains the trust and help of Perrini’s wife (Francesca Neri) and must stop another terrorist attack, this time on Washington DC.