Air Force One is shot down by terrorists, leaving William Alan Moore, the
President of the United States, stranded in the wilderness of Finland. In the forest on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk, a 13-year-old boy named Oskari plans to track down a deer, only to discover an escape pod that holds Moore. The pair must team up to escape the terrorists, who are closing in to capture their own "Big Game" prize.
Pentagon officials including the
vice president, the
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director, and a former CIA field operative Herbert, who has been brought in as a consultant, monitor the events through satellite broadcast. Already feeling at a disadvantage as a hunter due to the reputation of his father, who had hunted and defeated a bear on his own hunt, Oskari's faith is further shattered when he follows a map his father left him, eventually finding a portable refrigeration unit with a pre-killed deer head in it. Moore boosts Oskari's confidence by reminding him of his goal. They are subsequently confronted by a corrupt
United States Secret Service agent Morris, who orchestrated the attack from aboard Air Force One after sustaining a bullet wound that left a fragment of shrapnel near his heart, and a mercenary named Hazar. Although Hazar puts Moore into the refrigeration unit and takes him home to be killed, Oskari regains his confidence by leaping onto it before the helicopter can carry it away. Oskari drops the unit into a river. Discovering that the river leads to the lake where Air Force One crashed, Moore and Oskari swim inside the plane to wait for rescue. Hazar attacks them, sets a time bomb, and receives orders to kill the President rather than torture him for later execution. Moore kills Hazar before he and Oskari escape Air Force One using the ejector seats. Oskari shoots Morris with an arrow as the former bodyguard leans out of a helicopter to kill them. The arrow fails to penetrate the protective padding on Morris's chest, but the impact still kills Morris by driving the shrapnel into his heart. As Morris plummets, Air Force One itself explodes, destroying his helicopter, and sending Moore and Oskari flying all the way back to the camp where a
Navy SEAL team simultaneously arrives to search for Moore. For his actions as Oskari's "prize", Moore assures Oskari's father, Tapio, that his son is the bravest man he has ever met. Oskari receives the
Medal of Honor for saving Moore's life. During a private discussion in the bathroom at the Pentagon between the Vice President and Herbert, they learn that Hazar was originally a CIA operative. Their plan would have had the President killed to inspire a new
war on terror, but with his survival, Moore becomes a hero instead, and the Vice President loses his attempt to become President. To ensure nothing can be traced back to them, Herbert kills the Vice President. ==Cast==