Steve Nichols emprende un rutinario viaje de negocios a Moscú para cerrar un acuerdo sobre la exportación de productos farmacéuticos a los Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, de manera involuntaria, se ve envuelto en un peligroso asunto de contrabando de drogas. Para asegurarse su cooperación en el plan, los narcotraficantes secuestran a su hija.
A lonely young boy, overshadowed by his older brother, picked on by other boys at school and ignored by his businessman father, finds strength and companionship from a stately old oak tree. When his father, a real-estate developer, plans to demolish the old tree in order to make way for a factory, the boy decides to stand up for his friend and stand up to his father.
