Dutch businessman Martijn (Ryan Phillippe) travels to Morocco to start a food assistance program. But once there, he and his English bodyguard (Colm Meaney) are kidnapped, drugged and imprisoned by a band of terrorists led by the chess-loving Ahmat (Laurence Fishburne). Pressed by his captors about the funding source behind his food program, Martijn must fight to stay alive in this gripping psychological thriller.