一名直言不讳的美国记者（吉姆·卡维泽饰）在埃及开罗参加会议时被伊朗政权绑架。他随后被带到中东，并因错误指控接受审判。他的妻子是一名国务院官员，她试图利用自己的影响力，让美国政府介入进来，让他们把她的丈夫救回来。但她很快意识到美国政府不会介入此事。所以，她被迫独自前往中东寻找他。An outspoken American journalist, Jim Caviezel, is kidnapped by the Iranian regime while giving talks in Cairo, Egypt. He is then taken to the Middle East and put on trial for erroneous charges. His wife, a State Department official, tries to use her influence to get the American government involved so that they get her husband back. But she soon realizes that the American government will not get involved. So, she is forced to go to the Middle East to search for him by herself.