Samuel Axel (Steven Seagal) is an Interpol agent assigned to a task force in Eastern Europe. His target is those that traffic guns and dope throughout the Balkans. When an investigation puts him on the trail of a Russian gun dealer he learns how deadly life in Eastern Europe can truly be. Axel and his team are witness to a bloody street war between a Gypsy gang and the Russians. And when the investigation turns fatal for one of his team members, Axel becomes consumed with the need for vengeance. Using his own brand of "hands on" street justice he applies pressure to anyone who gets in his way. Axel embarks on an mission to hunt down those responsible for his friend's death. And in an explosive climax Axel will be forced to form an unlikely alliance with one of the very men he swore to take down.