The film follows a troubled cop, Madeline Foster (played by Maura Tierney) as she pursues a kidnapper who calls himself Harry Houdini (Adrien Brody).

He demands $1 million in cash from the woman's husband in return for the release of the location of her burial site before she runs out of oxygen.

As expected, however, police involvement is initiated and Detective Madeline Foster (Maura Tierney) is assigned the task of finding the buried woman and catching Houdini.

When Houdini is finally caught as the result of a car chase involving him and Detective Foster, she attempts to get him to reveal the location of his buried victim.

[2] The deathcore bands Job for a Cowboy and Killwhitneydead have both released songs that feature a sound sample from this film where the woman is being buried.