一架载有800名乘客的客机被迫在农田、郊区和摩天大楼拥挤的城市上空快速低空飞行，否则船上数吨的炸药将被引爆。当美国空军战斗机的精英部队被派去提供护航时，他们发现自己面临着一个无法识别的战机中队，这架飞机引发了一场致命的空战，有可能摧毁上下下的所有生命。

西蒙（杰里米•艾恩斯 饰）是个头脑慎密，心狠手毒的恐怖分子。为了实现一场惊天大阴谋，他先是制造了一起爆炸案。在警方紧张破案之际，他又给警长约翰•麦卡伦（布鲁斯•威利斯 饰）打电话，声称警方必须听从他的一系列指令，否则他将继续在全市搞爆炸活动。在杂货店老板宙斯（塞缪尔•杰克逊 饰）的帮助下，麦卡伦完成了西蒙的一系列指令，多次死里逃生。然而意犹未尽的西蒙，命令麦克莱恩去拆除街心花园的炸弹，又宣称在纽约市一所小学校内安放了炸弹。警方和市政官员几乎全部出动，去各小学疏散学生，搜寻炸弹。麦卡伦逐渐对西蒙一个又一个的指令产生疑虑，他终于发现西蒙调动全市警力背后的真相……

　　故事开始于美国首都正陷于混乱中，肇因于一群国际恐怖组织人员，暗杀了主持中东防卫基金的美国参议员。一个接一个的参议员，都惨遭一连串神秘的爆炸而身亡。FBI的炸弹专家丹尼威廉斯（皮尔斯·布鲁斯南饰），是著名的拆除炸弹高手，他被上级赋与这项高危险的任务，他将化险为夷成为英雄，或是使得炸弹更加...

这部电影是根据真实事件改编的电影。讲述了一个发生在星期三下午2点到6点的特定事件。 一名男子打电话给孟买警方并告诉他们，他已经把5个不同的炸弹安置在城市之内，并已经设定在同一时间爆炸——他希望以此交换4名恐怖分子。但是出人意料的是，在最后人质交换之后，真正爆炸的地方是人质交换的地方。这个男子的真正目的并不是要救这几个恐怖分子，而是杀了他们。这个男子的真正身份和他所做的这一切的原因最后才公布。

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