The film stars Gary Dourdan, Serinda Swan, Andy García, Martin Donovan, Robert Knepper and Samy Naceri and follows the U.S. Marine who travels to Morocco to rescue his kidnapped wife.

After giving a speech at a conference, Kate travels to Morocco for an archaeological mission, where she meets French-Algerian archaeologist Jean Rashidi.

When Kate and her team drive to find an ancient city hidden under the desert, they realize that they have inadvertently crossed the border into Algeria.

Ambassador Williams reluctantly agrees to join Younes and Brad in the operation to gather intel, despite Tom Fitzgerald's objections.

Meanwhile, El Hadi and his comrades vote to kill Kate if the ten million dollar ransom is not paid after their evening prayer.

[3] Joe Leydon of Variety gave it a negative review: "If 'Redemption Day' were any more generic, the first thing you'd see on screen would be a bar code in place of the opening credits.