Black & Bruised is a first-person shooter for PlayStation 2 set amidst the conflict in Chechnya. Players assume the role of Sergeant First Class Jack Kellar, a CIA black ops soldier. The narrative unfolds during an interrogation where Kellar reveals details about a thwarted arms smuggling and terrorism operation known as the Seventh Wave, which has executed multiple attacks.
Black takes place in Chechnya (Southern Russia). The protagonist is a black ops soldier named Sergeant First Class Jack Kellar (portrayed by Marty Papazian). Kellar tells most of the story in first-person at an interrogation four days after the events in the story begin.
Kellar is an inadequately disciplined member of a CIA black ops group and a veteran of several conflicts including Guatemala, Colombia, Iran and Croatia. The unknown interrogator (portrayed by Paul Pape) questions Kellar about an arms smuggling and terrorist operation called the Seventh Wave. Seventh Wave have been responsible for a number of terrorist attacks. Kellar is told that, unless he co-operates, he and his actions will be declassified, he will be dishonorably discharged and imprisoned for life. Though initially resistant, Kellar at last agrees to tell his story.