金哈克曼饰杰森罗德上校,一心追查其在越南战场上失踪的儿子,他数度向美国政府陈情始终石沉大海,罗德绝望之余只好采取自力行动。罗德的苦衷获得德州油亨的资助,召集其子在陆战队服役时五位军中好友,经过数周艰苦的训练之后,七人毅然前往寮国展开一场惊险的营救行动。Ten years after his son went MIA in Vietnam, U.S.Marine retired Colonel Jason Rhodes assembles a private rescue team to find Americans held in POW camps in Laos.