科学家们发现，宇宙中的两颗彗星正在急速向地球逼近，不出意外的话，它们终将撞上地球，给地球带来无法估量的损失。为了避免造成世界级的恐慌，政府封锁了这一消息，偷偷在格陵兰岛建造了非常坚固的堡垒，只有躲进堡垒的人们才能够获得一线生机，而进入堡垒的条件非常的苛刻。杰夫（杰拉德·巴特勒 Gerard Butler 饰）是一名建筑工程师，他得到了进入堡垒的机会，于是决定带着妻子艾莉森（莫瑞娜·巴卡琳 Morena Baccarin 饰）和儿子内森（罗杰·戴尔·弗洛伊德 Roger Dale Floyd 饰）一起前往格陵兰岛。哪知道旅途进行到一半，察觉到了事件真相的军方开始了暴乱行动。
Petty Officer Michael Davis (Jeremy Davis) is the newbie to SEAL Team VI, but after his first mission the young soldier is weathered beyond hid years. His first assignment as for the elite black ops squad is as Communications Officer for the micro ground assault team that enabled surgical aerial assaults of strategic targets in Iraq, priming allied forces for the what is now known as Operation Desert Storm. The honor of being part of the special forces unit is enriched by the fact that he is invited into the unit lead by the best, Master Chief Devon Mackefy (Ken Gamble). The team, having just returned from one mission, is called into duty once again, because “Mac is the best”. Feeling the pull of the call, and given no option by the powers that be, our heroes go into the thick of it with the usual disadvantages - tired, short by one man and in need of gearing up in the weapons department; all with their invisibility being paramount. The team is rounded out by Petty Officer Williams (Kristoffer Garrison), Petty Officer Sanchez (Neta De Paula) and Chief Petty Officer Roberts (Zach McGowan). The team’s only contact ii Iraqi is Jamal (Amol Shah), a Kurd who has lost his family to the war and now helps the U.S. in these isolated covert operations. Their sole mission: mark aerial targets, avoid capture and stay alive for four days. But the enemy is in every direction. Tensions are high since Davis is untested in the field and Mac is distracted by a recent personal loss. All these complications threaten the success of the mission, as well as the team’s survival.
保罗（盖布瑞·马赫特 Gabriel Macht 饰）是洛杉矶警局的特警，他被派遣到了底特律特警组，成为了那里的教官。在一场行动中，由于保罗的失误导致了人质萝丝（克里斯塔娜·洛肯 Kristanna Loken 饰）的死亡，而罪魁祸首沃尔特（罗伯特·帕特里克 Robert Patrick 饰）则逃之夭夭。 这场事故的发生让保罗的职业生涯陷入了困境之中，他遣走了对自己积怨颇深的底特律特警组组长凯洛格（尼古拉斯·冈萨雷斯 Nicholas Gonzalez 饰），扶持曾经的好友洛瑞（香侬·凯恩 Shannon Kane 饰）上位。与此同时，爱慕萝丝的沃尔特将仇恨投射到了保罗和他的朋友们身上，发誓要为萝丝报仇，而沃尔特的真实身份，成为了保罗对抗沃尔特最大的绊脚石。
