Mike Anderson (Dolph Lundgren) a tough American reporter on a dangerous foreign assignment finds his own life in jeopardy when he uncovers a deadly labyrinth of political intrigue that threatens the lives of thousands in the action thriller "Cover Up". Despatched to investigate a mysterious and fatal attack on an overseas US naval base Anderson a leading investigative journalist and ex-US marine finds himself back on familiar ground. Instinct makes him question the official CIA explanation that cites an unknown terrorist group called Black October. Alone and armed only with his combat training and determination to uncover the truth he sets out to expose a complex and dangerous political web. Anderson quickly discovers he can trust no-one. Renewing a fiery affair with his ex-Iover Susan Clifford now the US Embassy press attachee he soon finds himself confronting an old adversary CIA boss Lou Jackson. And when his former marine colleague Colonel John Cooper is murdered moments after a secret rendezvous with him Mike realises he holds the pieces to a deadly plot. In a race against time Anderson battles to save the lives of thousands of innocent people in a desperate attempt to prevent a deadly plan to create an international disaster of catastrophic proportions.