沃特（丹泽尔•华盛顿 Denzel Washington 饰）是一名纽约地铁调度员，负责控制各条线路的调配运营。某日，一群恐怖分子劫持了地铁123号线，匪首雷德（约翰•屈伏塔 John Travolta 饰）为前美国雇佣兵，声言要提供1000万赎金才释放人质。巧的是，该数额正式保险金、商业贷款等提取的上限。地铁123号线在隧道里飞驰，乘警多人毙命，司机被挟持，乘客人人自危。沃特因工作失职被调离...
April, 1986. Pripyat, Ukraine. A core meltdown occurred at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Power Plant. Over thirty people died during the blast but the estimated death toll as a result of the radiation fa...