電影改編自文斯弗林（Vince Flynn）同名暢銷著作，敘述美國中情局（CIA）機密特勤探員密奇萊普（狄倫歐布萊恩 飾）崛起的故事。
 
還是新人的密奇在冷戰老將史丹赫利（米高基頓 飾）的指導下漸入佳境，而後倆人被中情局副局長艾琳甘迺迪（莎娜拉森 飾）徵召，調查一波目標鎖定軍方以及平民百姓的隨機恐攻案件。 三人循線追查暴力攻擊事件的犯案模式，並聯手致命的土耳其特務（西娃奈嘉 飾），共同阻止一名神秘情報人員（泰勒基奇 飾），意圖在中東地區引爆全新一波的世界大戰。


Terrorists attacked innocent American citizens, and Rapp’s girlfriend was among the murdered. Two hundred and seventy souls perished on that cold December night, and thousands of family and friends were left searching for comfort. Mitch Rapp was one of them, but he was not interested in comfort. Now he wants retribution.

Two decades of cutthroat partisan politics have left the CIA and the country in an increasingly vulnerable position. Cold War veteran CIA Operations Director Thomas Stansfield knows he must prepare his people for the next war. America must confront Islamic terrorism with full force. Stansfield directs his protegee, Irene Kennedy, and his old Cold War colleague, Stan Hurley, to form a new group of clandestine operatives who will work outside the normal chain of command—men who do not exist.

What type of man is willing to kill for his country without putting on a uniform? Six months of intense training have prepared him to take the war to the enemy’s doorstep, and he does so with brutal efficiency. Rapp starts in Istanbul, where he assassinates the Turkish arms dealer who sold the explosives used in the terrorist attack. Rapp then moves on to Hamburg with his team and across Europe, leaving a trail of bodies. All roads lead to Beirut, though, and what Rapp doesn't know is that the enemy is aware of his existence and has prepared a trap. The hunter is about to become the hunted, and Rapp will need every ounce of skill and cunning if he is to survive the war-ravaged city and its various terrorist factions.