When a cross-Atlantic flight departing from New York to London. U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks (Liam Neeson) receive short messages that contain threats chain kill airline passengers every 20 minutes if the Bill does not meet the demand for the transfer of $ 150 million to an unknown account.Although Bill had explained the situation to the pilot, but the pilot did not believe it until a passenger was found dead under mysterious circumstances. When the beneficiary account using his name, Bill felt trapped and even into piracy suspects. Genesis also made headlines in the media and the air force was deployed. Bill had to save not only himself but also all airline passengers.