When a Danish metro train with 15 passengers aboard is taken hostage by three heavily armed men, police terror unit TTF is activated and the situation changes Denmark forever. A recently fired journalist starts a national fundraising campaign to raise the ransom needed to free the hostages. Distress spreads among the hostages, who consider taking a stand as the TTF tries to identify the hostage-takers. This tense thriller examines the responses to the crisis among the passengers, politicians, members of the media and the country's citizens.