Not believing her, Jerry is caught by the FBI and sent to an interrogation room where he meets Special Agent Thomas Morgan ( Billy Bob Thornton). He receives a phone call from an unknown woman who explains that the FBI is coming and will apprehend him in thirty seconds if he doesn't leave right then. When he returns home, he finds his apartment filled with a large number of weapons, explosives, and forged documents. Money comes flying out of the machine and he scoops up most of it and takes off. Following Ethan's funeral, Jerry goes to withdraw some money from an ATM and is surprised to see that he suddenly has $750,000 in his account. Jerry had last seen Ethan three Christmases prior. He finds out that his more ambitious twin brother Ethan, an Air Force lieutenant with expertise in parallel algorithms and quantum electronics, has died, following a truck accident. Jerry Shaw ( Shia LaBeouf) is a Stanford University dropout who lacks direction and faces financial difficulty. Retaliatory suicide bombings across the world target US citizens in response. The result is a political backlash when all of the victims of the attack turn out to be civilians. Defense Secretary Callister ( Michael Chiklis) agrees with the abort recommendation, but the president orders the mission be carried out anyway. The Department of Defense's new computer system recommends that the mission be aborted due to the uncertainty. They plan to take him out during a funeral ceremony, but as the man has been a recluse, getting a positive ID proves difficult. The United States armed forces have a lead on a suspected terrorist in Baluchistan, Pakistan.The synopsis below may give away important plot points. Who is behind it, what is being planned, and why Jerry and Rachel? She is Rachel Holloman, a single mom the voice has threatened her son's death if she doesn't cooperate. Jerry follows the voice's instructions, and soon he and a woman he's never met are racing through the city, on to a plane, and eventually to the Pentagon, chased by the FBI. After his twin dies in an accident, strange things happen to Jerry at a dizzying pace: a fortune shows up in his bank account, weapons are delivered to his flat, and a voice on his cell phone tells him the police are on their way. Jerry Shaw is an amiable slacker with an over-achieving twin brother. ![]() Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations, using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move. Jerry and Rachel are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met.
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