The viewer becomes the eyes of two detectives who never appear on camera as they unravel a mystery on a video screen, watching tapes from twenty-one hidden cameras which have captured a crime in progress. Three gunmen break into the home of gem dealer Seth Collison to steal the Sophia Diamond, a thirty-three carat stone valued at ten million dollars. Five minutes later the gunmen are dead. The case is closed before police find out about the hidden cameras. At eleven o'clock that night, the task of watching the tapes falls to secondary detectives Blu and Scotty. Through their eyes we discover what really went down.
Una joven funcionaria aparece asesinada en la Casa Blanca. De la investigación se encarga el detective de homicidios de la policía de Washington D.C. Harlan Regis (Wesley Snipes). El caso no es fácil, pero es que además los miembros del servicio secreto no parecen dispuestos a colaborar; es más: siembran su camino de obstáculos y pistas falsas. Sólo la agente Nina Chance (Diane Lane) se decide a ayudarlo. Mientras tanto, el Presidente debe resolver una crisis con Corea del Norte, que retiene como rehenes a un grupo de americanos.
