Skibskokken Mikkel og maskinmesteren Jan er blandt de syv sømænd om bord på fragtskibet MV Rozen, der glæder sig til at komme i havn og hjem. Men i Det Indiske Ocean kapres skibet af pirater, der tager besætningen som gidsler og forlanger en ublu løsesum på mange millioner dollars. Det er nu op til den danske skibsreder at forhandle sømændene og skibet ud af de somaliske piraters kløer.

Detective James Quinlan has left his alcoholic wife, sprouting a bloom of insecurity, anger and self-motivation within him to expose the corrupt police force that surrounds him. He abandons his straight life to join his partner Detective Church in order to get on the inside of the circle of double-agents. He secretly sides with a reporter and an Internal Affairs lawyer to expose them to the press.

A man's search in a cluttered garage claims an unlikely victim.