An engineer saving a foreign building from collapse uses his construction skills to defend his crew from a terrorist attack

SYNOPSIS:

Dr. Jack Warren, AKA the “Crisis Engineer,” is the expert at saving dangerous, unstable buildings. Jack was recently blamed for the collapse of a building where many people died. Hoping to reclaim his former prestige, he accepts a job to save a symbolic building under construction in Cairo, after the recent Egyptian revolution.

The Egyptian president’s daughter, Ruby, oversees constructing the building, a symbol of the revolution. Rebels on the losing side of the revolution target the construction site in an all-out, last-ditch effort to “save” Egypt from cultural decline. Their mission; destroy the building, kidnap Ruby, and kill Jack and the crew. Once the rebels encircle the job site, the survival of everyone inside looks grim.

In order to survive, our engineer, the president’s daughter, and the crew must make a stand. However, they do not have combat experience. So Jack taps into the skills and tools that they do have; construction, and construction equipment. Jack leads them in a defense, using front-end loaders, tower cranes, excavators, forklifts, and even hand tools. They use their skills to set booby-traps, defend themselves, and ultimately defeat the rebels.

When the dust settles, Jack’s redemption was not saving a building, but rather saving lives.