AnunkownentityhashackedintoaSovietmissileandaimeditattheUnitedStates.WithjustminutesbeforeMutuallyAssuredDestruction,anAmericanmilitaryindustrialistandaSovietnuclearcommanderraceagainsttheclocktopreventanationfromnuclearannihilation.Unbeknownsttothemhisthreatisjustthebeginningofanevenbiggercrisis-onethatwillchangethecourseofhistoryforever.BlackmarkisthefirstfeaturelengthfilmtotackletheColdWarfromtheperspectiveofthemilitaryindustrialcomplex.Thefilmisanoriginstory,showingthemassivepowerandinfluencethesecompanieshavehadoverthecourseofmodernhistory.Itsagenre-defying,high-tensionthrillerintheveinofMichaelMannandNealStephenson,steepedintheparanoiaandfearofglobalpolitics,reminiscentofclassicthrillersSevenDaysinMayandTheHuntforRedOctober.