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Scott (VAL KILMER) is a career military officer working for a highly
secretive special operations force. A man hardened by years of brutal
service, he is respected by his peers and elders in the world of
espionage. When Scott is recruited to find Laura Newton (KRISTEN
BELL), the President's college-age daughter, he is paired with novice
Curtis (DEREK LUKE), who becomes his protégé.
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 Stoddard
put his conscience on ice long ago. "I'm playing a guy who
really does not question the rights or wrongs of something,"
William H. Macy recalls. "When David Mamet called me to do
this, he said 'Stoddard is the guy that all the bad guys are
afraid of.'
He's the guy who cleans things up, or conversely, makes things
go away. I've always wanted to play a character like this
because to a certain extent, loyalty is a wonderful thing.
Great organizations require complete and total loyalty, but
when you get a guy like Stoddard, who is loyal to a fault
even in a good cause, that loyalty can be used for evil purposes."
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Working with a special task force comprised of Presidential Advisors,
the Secret Service, FBI and CIA, Scott and Curtis stumble upon a
white slavery ring, which may have some connection to Laura's disappearance.
As the story unfolds, the straightforward search-and-rescue mission
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complicated by Curtis' naiveté and the political ambitions
of those in high places -- like Burch (ED O'NEILL) and Stoddard
(WILLIAM H. MACY), political operatives who may know more than they're
telling about the circumstances surrounding Laura's abduction.
Scott and Curtis are on the brink of tracking Laura's whereabouts
when their clandestine mission comes to an abrupt conclusion as
the media issues reports of the girl's death. Scott returns to the
quiet life as a rural landowner and awaits his next assignment in
relative peace. But Curtis can't rest. He seeks out Scott to confide
his belief that Laura is alive. If she is, their continued unofficial
investigation will put them -- as well as Laura -- at the center
of a dangerous conspiracy that reaches the highest levels.
This film has been rated R by the MPAA for violence and language.
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