Burt Reynolds stars in this sequel to Hard Time as detective Logan McQueen, a man falsely convicted of robbery and murder who shares a cell with a man named Winston who has information about a series of recent bombings. The police eventually come to Winston for help with their investigation but he agrees to assist them only under the circumstances that they allow Winston's daughter Janice to visit him, and that they enlist Logan to work with them on their investigation. The police commence with the investigation but find that keeping up their end of the bargain might be dangerous, because Janice is their prime suspect.