Eager to continue a fishing holiday in Marseille with inspector Tarconi, Frank Martin passes transporting passes delivering a car to a young colleague, only to find him fatally shot, crashed into Frank's home, with a contrary female passenger. Customer Johnson and his goons won't accept Frank's renewed refusal, fitting him and Valentina with explosive bracelets, forcing them to stay near the car, hence bickering aboard as her irresponsible Ukrainian nightclubber hedonism clashes with his dry pragmatism. Johnson only reveals one next coordinate across Europe at a time, and punishes every escape attempt. It's all part of Johnsons' plan to blackmail the Ukrainian minister Leonid Vasilev, who hosts an environmental conference in Odessa, to buy his daughter's freedom by signing a disastrous contract for a fleet of super-hazardous waste, which even kills the crews. Finally, with Tarconi consulting Valentina's father, Frank takes on Johnson from the delivery point, left to drown in his car in the lake, racing a train and turning the tables.—KGF Vissers