Mace Sowell (Patrick Stewart), a retired civil servant, deliberately isolates himself in his home where he is surrounded by state-of-the-art weaponry and hi-tech surveillance equipment. Once an elegant, refined gentleman, Mace now suffers from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Believing Thomas Michael more, a retired Admiral turned presidential candidate, is threatening his life, Mace insists he secretively worked for him as part of an elite, "dirty tricks" Intelligence unit of the Pentagon.