Brake (2012)

Could you imagine having such a powerful secret that it could save the life of someone you love? But, by telling that secret, you would be causing the death of many other innocent people and possibly even destroy the whole world around you. Well, that's what this story is about.

A man wakes up and realizes he’s trapped in some kind of plastic box with only the bright red glow of a digital clock to cut the darkness. Right away he calms down as he begins to suspect that this is just an attempt to collect on an overdue gambling debt; see, this man, Jeremy Reins (Stephen Dorff) has a bad habit and apparently he owes a lot of money to a loan shark named Morgan. While trying to find a weak spot in this tightfitting coffin, he begins to hear the panicked voice of another man, Henry Shaw (JR Bourne); who’s also trapped in the same kind of box, close by. But Jeremy’s comfort quickly fades away because Henry doesn’t know Morgan and he isn’t just another gambler with a huge debt.

Their boxes begin to move and they realize they’re actually trapped in the trunks of 2 separate cars; the cars stop and someone slips a note into Jeremy’s box. It’s a postcard of The White House and on the back is a message that reads: GIVE US THE LOCATION OF ROULETTE.

Suddenly everything changes and the situation becomes dire! Turns out they’ve been kidnapped by terrorist who plan to attack the United States of America. Henry is a Foreign Service officer working for the state department and Jeremy is a special agent with the Secret Service. Although both men have been sworn under oath to serve and protect; Jeremy is the only one that actually knows the exact location of the president’s underground bunker. Now Jeremy knows that he can’t talk about anything that involves the government and there are not a lot of people that he can trust. But they already have Henry, his wife and their children, and soon they’ll also have Jeremy’s wife Molly (Chyler Leigh) along with several other government officials, and no one is safe; the terrorists are threatening to kill everyone if he doesn’t give up that information. Still, despite risking the lives of strangers, friends and loved ones, Jeremy clings to his oath by refusing to divulge the top-secret location. He gets his hands on a cell phone and finally manages to reach a trusted friend, Ben Reynolds (Tom Berenger). But as time runs out and no matter how well he’s able to keep his secret; Jeremy is about to learn that, nothing, is what it seems to be!