It's 1997. Frank Verstraeten, a computer genius with a nose for business, a fascination for nightlife and an unhealthy urge to prove himself, only wants one thing: his own disco that not only outperforms the competition but simply humiliates it. The futuristic mega discotheque Zillion is a fact and Frank turns from computer dealer to the pivotal figure of the Antwerp nightlife. He parades with the most beautiful women in Belgium and forges an alliance with Dennis Black Magic, the porn king who provides the spicy extras. Unfortunately, beautiful songs don't last long either.
Carlos, a ruthless Spanish negotiation expert working in Brussels, is tasked with handling the kidnapping of a senior oil company executive in a troubled West African country —with which he has old and deep ties—, torn by ethnic tensions and government abuses.
Ellen Bouché travels to Antwerp to face a terrible truth: Her daughter Sarah lies in the morgue, dead from a fatal drug cocktail of crystal meth and heroin. The stunned mother is assisted by her friend Maggie, whom Ellen knows from her student days in the Belgian port city. A few hours after seeing Sarah's body, Ellen receives an unimaginable text message in the middle of the night: it is an emergency call from her daughter, which arrived two days after the time of death! Ellen refuses to believe the obvious explanation that it is just an unusual delay in transmission. Her maternal instinct immediately kicks in. In fact, something unimaginable seems to be going on, because the student's body has suddenly disappeared and evidence of a connection to a secret voodoo cult is found in her apartment.
Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew members on board. While the few sailors who are still alive barely manage to survive, their families push for accurate information and a British officer struggles to obtain from the Russian government a permit to attempt a rescue before it is late. But general incompetence are against all their efforts.
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