Called on
by his country to unite with acting head of the White House Nuclear Smuggling Group, Dr. Julia Kelly (Nicole Kidman), to chase down stolen nuclear weapons, the duo
commandeers all manner of military hardware and personnel in pursuit of a
madman who, at the end of the day, is firmly convinced that he is doing the right thing
by detonating the one remaining rogue bomb in his backpack near the United Nations building in New York City.