利亚·凯恩(史蒂芬西格尔 饰)所在的城市陷入了帮派的战争，交火的双方是日本黑帮YAKUZA和墨西哥的危险组织MS-13，当日本黑帮YAKUZA攻击危险的MS-13时，MS-13组织打算在西雅图给以双倍的报复。帮派战争爆发后，城市陷入混乱，某个人遇到了财务金融的危机时，他挟持他的邻居做人质，要挟他的银行和他的房子做筹码，因为他的生活已经完全失控......
　　Elijah Kane's (Steven Seagal) city is caught in the crossfire of a gang war between the Japanese mafia, the Yakuza, when they attack the dangerous Mexican gang, MS-13, in Seattle and look to flip a profit doing so. While the gangs war on, a single man has taken the financial crisis personally when he holds his neighborhood bank hostage citing they took not only his house; but his life....