Story Line:
Michael Mason, a pick-pocket living in Paris steals a bag with a
teddy bear in it. Not realizing the toy contains a timed bomb, he tosses
it aside on a busy street. A few seconds later it explodes, killing
four people. CCTV footage reveals Masons face and the French police tag
him as a terrorist threat. The explosion, although botched, was set up
by a select group of the French Interior Ministry as a decoy so they can
make a half billion dollar digital transfer from a bank, (closed on
French National Day) -hence the title Bastille Day. In a separate CIA
investigation the unruly agent Sean Briar, discovers the real story
behind Masons “terrorist attack”. The two men, on different sides of the
law, collaborate to bring the corrupt members of the Ministry down.