When a massive bomb discovery forces a citywide evacuation, bomb disposal commander Will Tranter (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) races to stop a catastrophic detonation—while, above ground, criminal mastermind Karalis (Theo James) and his brutal partner (Sam Worthington) use the lockdown to execute a precision bank heist. As chaos erupts, police chief Zuzana Greenfield (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) battles to contain a city on edge, unaware she's about to be thrust into a three-way war where every move accelerates toward an explosive showdown.