72 Hours 2024

At the FBI Field Office in Georgia, senior agent Sebastian James and his team monitor a tense, late-night guns-for-crypto transaction tied to their undercover operative Sean. As a shadowy third party closes in, Carl speeds away with Sean to complete the exchange at a hotel. A call from Marco reveals that Sean was undercover, and in a brutal turn of events, Carl shoots Sean and flees with the laptop and hard drive, forcing the FBI to confront a difficult loss and a case that just got messier.

A few days later, Sebastian James wakes up feeling the weight of the setback, drinking away his frustration and signing divorce papers as he heads to his younger brother Alex James at his stylish rural home. It’s Christina’s sixteenth birthday, and though Sebastian’s personal life is in turmoil, Alex’s world looks outwardly successful—witness the gleaming BMW he gifts his daughter. The two brothers reconnect over beers, a quiet moment that underscored how differently their weeks have gone.

The crypto deal is tried again late at night south of Grantville, with Sebastian James and two agents watching from a van in the dark as new faces move through the scene. Once the transfer goes through, the team closes in, but one hooded figure blasts away with cash, and Sebastian gives chase. At gunpoint, he reveals himself, and the horror of the moment crystallizes when the pursuer turns out to be his own brother in the tangled web of betrayal and duty that has divided them.

Meanwhile, Tye Revello, a seasoned gun smuggler, lands in town carrying a past with Marco that reaches back to Alex, who has been handling their accounts. The intruders raid Alex James’s house after a brutal confrontation with Carl, and Christina is kidnapped and taken to Tye’s estate. The clock starts ticking—72 hours to recover the hard drive and prevent a disaster that could draw attention from powerful clients.

To counter the crisis, Alex and Sebastian assemble a crew—Tess, a capable mechanic, joins their ranks alongside a gambler named Johnny and a hard-edged private mercenary named Vincent. Daun enters the picture as a guns supplier, connected to the weaponry that flows through Tye’s operation. Daun recounts a painful childhood memory that adds a heavy layer of weight to the dangers they’re facing, foreshadowing the resolve and recklessness that will color the confrontation ahead.

The plan shifts into high gear as the next day moves everything to a warehouse where Alex is supposed to confront Tye. The stakes rise as Tye’s boss warns about the consequences from powerful clients if they fail, underscoring how precarious this operation has become. The warehouse siege unfolds quickly: Tess sweeps the upper vantage, Vincent bombs the convoy’s vehicles, and the tension comes to a head when Tye presses a gun to Christina’s head even after Alex hands over the hard drive. A desperate counterstrike culminates with Christina headbutting Tye, and Tess delivering the final, fatal shot.

In the aftermath, Christina is reunited with her parents, and Sebastian makes a quiet, hopeful choice to retire and devote more time to his own family, bringing a sense of closure to a story built on risk, loyalty, and the fragile balance between duty and home.