Ten years after a tidal wave destroys a small-town elementary school with all the children inside, a young man builds a mysterious structure out of the school's remains, setting the town aflame with passions long forgotten.

赖利一家外出加勒比海度黄金假期，租船出海后却遭遇抛锚，然而却遇到一位假装好心的冷血渔夫，要求勒索100万美金。赖利奔走在绝望边缘，同时承受来自勒索者和警方的双重夹击，他是否能及时拯救妻子和儿子于危难呢。影片在命悬一线中游走。