Los Angeles, New Year's Eve: Right now, he should have been lying on a sun lounger in Hawaii for a week already, cocktail in hand. Instead, he's clutching a pair of pliers with trembling hands, uncertain which wire to cut. Sweat runs into his eyes, adrenaline rushes through his veins. The seconds on the timer of the bomb tick down mercilessly ... 8 ... 7 ... He desperately tries to remember his training with the CIA more than three decades ago ... 6 ... 5 ... This must be payback for only working an office job these last ten years ... 4 ... 3 ... He needs to make a decision if he wants to save all the people in this skyscraper ... 2 ... He cuts one wire ... 1 ... As the fireworks begin to illuminate the skyline of Los Angeles ... 0 ... the sound of a massive explosion and a devastating ball of fire usher in the new year with a catastrophe.