When hundreds of ships begin disappearing without a trace due to pirate activity, the president of the United States mobilizes the U.S. Navy Seals -- the most highly trained force in the world -- to take over an abandoned oil rig in the North Sea. Team leader Lt. Michael Harris and his troupe of elite fighters arrive in time to find gun-toting bandits and a booby-trapped ship. But the bandits' escape only extends the mission.