After being assigned to write an article about beloved children's television personality Fred Rogers (Hanks), jaded award-winning investigative journalist Lloyd Vogel (Rhys) makes it his mission to expose Rogers' pleasant persona as an act. Vogel approaches the interview with skepticism due to the upheaval in his own personal life but is soon enamored by the TV star's dynamic, charming and good-natured approach to life. He begins to see how he can use Rogers' kind and thoughtful ways to mend his own relationships.
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, decimates the naval base in Honolulu, Hawaii, the U.S. military officially joins the Allied forces of World War II. Six months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the U.S. faces off with Japan in the Pacific Theater. After an encrypted message is intercepted and deciphered, Midway Atoll, an unincorporated territory in the Hawaiian archipelago, is identified as the location of the next Japanese attack. What follows is not only one of the most decisive battles of the Pacific Theater, but of the entirety of World War II.
After his father, an NYPD detective, is murdered on the job, Andre Davis (Boseman) continues his legacy by joining the New York Police Department. Earning a reputation for hunting down "cop killers," Davis' career is put on the line when a drug heist goes wrong, leaving two police officers dead. With multiple levels of government honing in on the case, Davis resorts to shutting down the 21 bridges leading in and out of Manhattan in an effort to locate the two suspected killers and ease the escalating tensions in the city.