 Egan, a criminal, has kidnapped the daughter of a friend of Briggs. One of Egan s confederates will testify against him the next day before a grand jury. Egan s message to Briggs is clear: exchange the witness for his friend s daughter. At this point, Briggs s friend doesn t even know his daughter has been abducted. Briggs begins an emergency operation in which the IMF will snatch the witness out of a heavily guarded hotel room. But Briggs is determined that Egan won t get a chance to kill the witness.