Wellman Santee (Dolph Lundgren) a former race car driver whose livelihood is transporting exotic stolen super cars is involved with his partner Eddie in shoot out resulting in the deaths of his friend and a highway cop. Santee is framed for the cop's murder and jailed in a maximum security prison. A few months later Santee breaks out after narrowly escaping an attempt on his life. He reaches a local diner where he steals a car abducts the owner Rita and flees completely unaware that his hostage is a deputy sheriff. A massive manhunt ensues spearheaded by Lt. Severance a tough obessive cop. Santee leads the detective and his men on a dramatic high speed chase from the desert wilderness to the streets of downtown Los Angeles. Santee's out to clear his name and when it comes to getting even he's taking revenge into overdrive.