- The telefilm centers on a present-day nuclear plant disaster and its aftermath.
- Just before 6 P.M. halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, terrorists arrive by parachute at the San Juan Nuclear Plant. Security is not quite up to standard--one guy has to look at the manual. Several people die, including at least one cop who happens to be outside. His partner survives and will soon play a critical role in stopping this incident. It's not long before the terrorists arrive in the control room, and then anything is possible. The man in charge of the control room tries to persuade the terrorists not to do what he thinks they will do, and of course they need him, so he will be around.
A Fox news anchor appears on TV and explains what has happened, and soon an evacuation is ordered within a 5-mile radius. It's not enough, but you try getting 25 million people away from the next Chernobyl. The freeways end up as parking lots as it is, and people are already panicking, even as people on TV try to assure the public everything is going to be all right. Well, everything is not going to be all right. Depending on what the terrorists decide to do, the death toll could be equal to Hiroshima, or worse. That's not counting maybe a million people who will die later. But the public can't be told this. Homeland Chief Utley lies like a politician making sure the public feels reassured, when they have no reason to be.
The President is on his way back to the U.S., while the VP is in a bunker. Officials at the White House seem to know what they are doing, but do they really? Homeland Security declares a red threat level for the first time in its existence. The world soon takes notice of this incident, and there is panic and looting, though that is not really shown, or the traffic jams. There is what appears to be stock footage (not made for the movie, in other words) on the newscast, representing what is really happening out there. Experts give their opinions.
The terrorists have accents and the head guy known as Khalid quotes the Qu'ran. But they don't really seem to do anything. What if it is all just a warning? And what is it a warning about? Maybe all they are doing is showing how lax security is at a nuclear plant even after 9-11.
Investigators on the outside have to find out details, and if you know something, you'd better tell them. They're not kidding around. Meanwhile, nuclear attacks on the Middle East are being considered.
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