John Matthews (Dwayne Johnson) is a father whose teenage son Jason (Rafi Gavron) is facing a 30 year jail sentence having been wrongly accused of a drug distribution. Desperate and determined to rescue his son at all costs, John makes a deal with the U.S. Attorney (Susan Sarandon) to go in as an undercover informant and infiltrate the drug cartel that set his son up - risking everything, including his family and his own life.