背景设定在一个反乌托邦的美国，所有非异性恋、白人、基督徒和顺性别的人都被政府用条形码跟踪。

琳迪这个漂亮风趣的女人有一个痛苦的秘密：由于终身的、罕见的神经紊乱，她经历了阵发性的狂怒杀人冲动，解决方式只有用特殊电极装置电自己。在一个害怕她的奇怪状况的世界里，她无法找到爱和联系，最终她信任了一个男人，并爱上了他，却发现第二天他被谋杀了。　　琳迪感到心碎和愤怒，她开始了一个复仇值拉满的任务，寻找幕后杀手，与此同时，她也被警察作为这个案子的头号嫌疑犯追捕着。

Theo Abrams is an ex-Cape Town fireman suffering from severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Unable to return to work due to the psychological trauma sustained during a failed rescue mission, an increasingly frustrated and volatile Theo's world is rocked when one morning, he wakes up next to his wife's murdered corpse with no recollection of what transpired and all evidence suggesting that he's killed her. When the police label him as the prime suspect, Theo goes on the run, and is soon being hunted by Deputy Chief of Police, Alan Shard, a notoriously ruthless soldier of the law, who is hell-bent on catching Theo as one last act of service before he officially retires. However, when an unknown third party is thrown into the mix, Theo discovers an alarming connection between the sinister forces hunting him in an attempt to silence him permanently for a reason he can't comprehend; and a recent investigation his wife was conducting into a global armament contractor. When connecting the dots becomes a matter of life and death, Theo becomes embroiled in a desperate fight for survival and must figure out who really murdered his wife before a terrifying conspiracy changes the course of a nation forever.

莱特（杰森·斯坦森 Jason Statham 饰）是一个不守规矩、只认死理的前纽约警察。一天，他在地铁站里看到一群持械的黑帮成员在围剿一个12岁的华裔女孩梅（凯瑟琳·陈 Catherine Chan 饰）。他心里的正义感油然而生，遂出手教育了这群黑帮，并把小女孩保护了起来。紧接着，香港的三合会成员、俄罗斯混混以及政客派来的杀手和警局里的恶棍源源不断地找上门来。无奈之下，莱特只得带着梅在纽约的版图上开始了东躲西藏的亡命生涯。原来，梅有着过目不忘的本领，她记下来了一连串的数字，而这些数字经过解密后是一个密码。知道了事件原委的莱特决定帮助梅度过难关。但是，的又等待他们是一场怎样的战斗呢？

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。