U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) border patrol agents apprehend two "other than Mexican" migrants affiliated with Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and Daesh; the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) suspects that the terrorists are negotiating a deal with the Sonora Cartel – headed by José Rivera (Mircea Drambareanu) – to smuggle terrorists from Mexico into the United States.

Harmon recruits old flame and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent Zara Hayek (Jemma Dallender) and United States Army Special Forces/CIA-trained spy-drone pilot Matthew Sharp (Russell Wong) after learning that the meeting between the terrorist coalition and the Sonora Cartel will be in Istanbul, Turkey.

Rivera and Rauf escape to the former's compound in Rumelifeneri but are tracked down by Harmon, who shoots them in the neck and head respectively, before embracing Hayek.

"[5] Writing for RogerEbert.com, Odie Henderson gave the film one star, criticising in particular the acting, editing, special effects, and "inane" plot.

[6] The Hollywood Reporter's Frank Scheck was especially critical of Seagal's lacklustre performance in Contract to Kill, and summarised the film as "laughably inept on every technical level and representing the sort of badness that falls far short of being campy fun".