Ex-covert operative Bryan Mills, whose long awaited reconciliation with his ex-wife is tragically cut short when she is brutally murdered, must use his 'particular set of skills' to track down the real killers, exact his unique brand of justice, and protect the only thing that matters to him now: his daughter.

When the crew members of a fishing trawler become ill from a mysterious infection, a marine biology student sets out to destroy the virus.