本片以越战为背景，刻划并揭露了战争中美军的残暴罪行，也以此表达了编导对战争的憎恶及对和平的珍视与呼唤。艾力逊是新踏入越南战场的士兵，有一腔为国奉献的激情。在一次行动中不小心遭到越军的埋伏，好在被同事马素救回一命。在一次远程侦察任务中，马素等强抢越南少女随军，以发泄他们的兽欲。艾力逊眼睁睁看到越藉少女被活活蹂躏至死，富有正义的他对自己的同胞开始感到失望，于是不顾自身安危将同僚的罪行公诸于世……During the Vietnam war, a girl is taken from her village by five American soldiers. Four of the soldiers rape her, but the fifth refuses. The young girl is killed. The fifth soldier is determined that justice will be done. The film is more about the realities of war, rather than this single event.