越战结束后，曾被囚禁在越共战俘营的美军上校巴洛克，公开控诉越共的残暴，但越南政府否认指控，反指巴洛克诬陷。越战英雄遂凭个人力量重回虎穴，拯救其他仍在越南受困的美军战俘，揭穿越南官方的谎言。Colonel James Braddock is an American officer who spent seven years in a North Vietnamese POW camp, then escaped 10 years ago. After the bloodiest war, Braddock accompanies a government investigation team that goes to Ho Chi Minh City to check out reports of Americans still held prisoner. Braddock gets the evidence then travels to Thailand, where he meets Tuck, an old Army buddy turned black market kingpin. Together, they launch a mission deep into the jungle to free the American POWs from General Trau.