Back when tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union were high, Frank Banner (Armand Assante) had the job of helping Soviet defectors escape from the clutches of the Kremlin. Unfortunately, one such assignment led to the death of his wife. Now Frank, angry and disillusioned, has been entrusted with helping to transport a former head of the KGB (Jürgen Prochnow) out of Russian territory -- a man who may have some connection to his wife's tragic death all those years ago.