A bomb expert is sent to the US embassy in Bucharest to defuse an old cold war bomb that is stored in the basement. Unexpectedly, a group of terrorists representing the “Serbian Liberation Front” raid the embassy, killing a number of people and taking 37 hostage. The special mission operative must save his son and an old flame. Meanwhile an anti-terrorist squad is sent on the rescue mission. The squad leader turns out to be old friends with the head terrorist.