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In upstate New York, barrels of volatile toxic waste are loaded onto trucks to be illegally disposed of at a site in New Jersey. The trucks enter a tunnel beneath the Hudson River along with other commuters, including struggling playwright Maddy Thompson, a bus of juvenile offenders, a vacationing family, an elderly couple with a dog, and athlete Roy Nord. Meanwhile, a gang steals a briefcase of gems and flees by car into the tunnel, pursued by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) after the gang are tracked by the victim's Electroguard-protected car. The gang loses control of their vehicle and crashes into one of the waste trucks, causing an explosive blast that seals the