剧情介绍
严格的军校训练，是否能造就一名能上越南战场的斗士？杰夫奈特（迈克尔·杜迪考夫 饰）是一名刚从西点军校毕业的年轻中尉，被派往越南一个小型军事基地驻守，基地中的其它士兵都是身经百战的沙场老将，年轻的杰夫经常是他们取笑的对象。还好，在长官麦纳玛拉（罗伯特·F·莱昂斯 饰）的指导下，他逐渐抓到窍门，并有能力带领士兵们在丛林中作例行的巡逻。一日，他得知越共准备攻击他们的基地与附近的村落，于是，杰夫决定在敌人未行动前先发制人。没想到，因为通讯器材故障，使得他们的袭击失败。身处越南丛林的杰夫，是否能发挥斗士精神，突破重围、全身而退呢？West Point graduate lieutenant Jeff Knight meets cynicism when taking command of sergeant Michael McNamara's tour veterans platoon in a Vietnamese trench camp. Unlike his predecessor, who hid till the end of his tour, Jeff takes charge, experiences the manual doesn't allow coping with all realities and gets wounded. He returns, now fully respect by men and superiors. Besides the Vietcong, the platoon wrestles with the inscrutable villagers, which the GIs officially protect, but also fear as some collaborate with them, other covertly with the Cong, either way subject to bloody reprisals.