A convert to Islam sends the U.S. government a tape showing him in three nondescript storage rooms, each of which may contain a nuclear bomb set to detonate in less than a week. Helen Brody, an FBI agent in L.A., is tasked with finding the bombs while a CIA "consultant," known as H, interrogates the suspect who has allowed himself to be caught. The suspect, whose wife and children have left him and disappeared, seems to know exactly what the interrogation will entail. Even as H ratchets up the pressure, using torture over Brody's objection, the suspect doesn't crack. Should H do the unthinkable, and will Brody acquiesce? Is any Constitutional principle worth possible loss of life? 战略特勤组之不可思议。价值观的代价。大仁不仁，小慈乃大慈之敌。经典台词简析。上帝与石头。选择了自由社会，就要承受自由社会的代价。谁是最应该被谴责的人？。文明与战争。法律精神程序正义及其克减。极泉简史。 前美军特种部队炸弹专家史蒂芬·阿瑟·杨格（麦克·辛 Michael Sheen 饰）正走向一条危险之途，作为穆斯林他不满美国对待阿拉伯国家的政策，于是策划发动恐怖袭击。他宣称在三个城市中分别安放了三颗小型原子弹，美国本土危在旦夕。FBI反恐部门女探员海伦·布洛迪（凯瑞-安·莫斯 Carrie-Anne Moss 饰）负责调查此案，却在紧要关头发现军方以及一个神秘部门介入其中。她的小队连同极度危险的谈判专家亨利·汉弗莱斯（塞缪尔·杰克逊 Samuel L. Jackson 饰）受命审讯史蒂芬。绰号H的亨利手段残忍严酷，加上政府高层的纵容他愈加有恃无恐。海伦反感这样惨无人道的非法手段，她想尽办法争取史蒂芬的信任，终于让他说出其中一颗炸弹的暗访地点。 然而，一切并非如此简单，死亡与阴谋的狂潮随即袭来。在这场丧失人性的角力战中，注定没有胜利者……
