Jack Carver, wahoze ari umusirikare wihariye (Special Forces), ubu aba ari umushoferi w’ubwato ku nkombe za Canada. Umunyamakuru witwa Valerie Cardinal amusaba kumujyana ku kirwa cyabujijwe kwinjirwaho n’ingabo, aho Max, nyirarume wa Valerie, akorera mu kigo cy’ubushakashatsi.

Jack yemera kumujyana, ariko bagezeyo bahura n’akaga: ubwato bwa Jack buraturitswa, Valerie afatwa n’abasirikare ba Dr. Krieger, umushakashatsi w’umunyabyaha ukora super-soldiers — abantu bavuguruwe mu buryo bwa génétique kugira ngo babe intwaro z’abantu. Jack ararokoka, agatangira urugamba rwo kubohora Valerie no guhagarika ibikorwa bya Krieger. Arwana n’abasirikare b’inkubiri, arengera Valerie, ariko baje gutandukana mu gihe bashakaga Max.

Dr. Krieger ashaka ko Max, wamaze guhindurwa intwaro, yica Jack. Ariko Jack agerageza kumwibutsa ubuzima bwe bwa kera, Max akamwumva. Ibyo bituma super-soldiers bose bava mu mabohero, bagatangira kwica buri wese.

Mu mpera, Max yitangira Jack na Valerie, akica Tchernov, umusirikare w’inkubiri wa Krieger. Jack na Valerie baratoroka, basiga Krieger wenyine mu kigo cyuzuye intwaro z’abantu zishaka amaraso.