The film stars Scott Adkins and Mario Van Peebles and follows the former special agent who must eliminate three crime syndicates of highly skilled criminals in exchange for his son who is kidnapped.

Another difference in the plot was the children were to be buried alive with enough oxygen to last five hours, with Adkins having to take out three mob groups, each increasingly more dangerous than the last, within that timeframe.

He receives a call from unknown man that sends him live footage of his son being held inside a truck, equipped with a tube connecting to the exhaust pipe.

In order to see his son again, the man tasks him with eliminating assassins of every dangerous crime syndicates of highly skilled criminals.

With the body cam, the man – later identified as Mzamo – along with his lover Alanza, his fellow cartel members, and a few corrupt intelligence agents led by their leader Donovan, are able to observe his activities.

[4] Dysan Aufar of Screen Anarchy praised Florentine's "fluid cameraworks and Adkins's movements" for building up the "highly amusing videogame-like beat 'em up brutality" throughout the film and Van Peebles' "adept" portrayal of Mzamo, concluding that: "Seized provides a delightful mindless spectacle segmented to those who seek the pleasure of adrenaline rush.

"[5] Leslie Felperin of The Guardian called it a "rote actioner" with a "standard issue, computer-game narrative" that's occasionally saved by the "satirical wit" throughout the dialogue and Adkins being "credibly pugilistic" during the fight scenes.