Newspaper reporter Ben (Goldblum), still haunted by the death of his colleague, now has to contend with his replacement - ambitious and inexperienced Nora, as they work for exclusive stories behind the battle lines of the the Al Qaeda and Taliban-backed Islamic Movement in the former Soviet state of Uzbekistan. But when Nora's unprofessional, "snapshot" pictures wind up revealing a story that becomes a front-page scoop, Ben and Nora, with the help of a spy named Rainy, launch a dangerous and intricate search for the truth.