Sydney Harbour 1984The hijacking of a harbour ferry was never going to be easy.Getting away with it was going to be much harder-- maybe impossible.But desperate people do desperate things.A hydrofoil ferry is taken and some sixty passengers and crew are held hostage. Ransom demands are made.The city's major transport hub descends into chaos and fear. Despite the panic and confusion, the Authorities believe they have the situation under control.But all is not what it seems.

What the authorities are unaware of is that other hostages have been taken.