After surviving a massacre in Malmedy, a location behind the German army in Europe, four American soldiers with only one weapon rescue the British pilot Oberon Winley (Kirby Heyborn) in a tree and they move together, trying to reach the allied forces and save a great number of allied soldiers from a German attack with the information got by Winley in his flight. While marching, each soldier discloses inner secrets to the rest of the group. 老美在输出意识形态？。战场上的救赎。两边都有人类，和畜生。美国大片的一点心得。不错。随口讲讲。冰雪勇士。神性的救赎。吃素菜,彼此相愛; 強如吃肥牛,彼此相恨。为了更多人的生命他们甘愿舍弃自己的性命。 1944年，二战已经接近尾声，穷途末路的德国纳粹变得格外残忍，众多盟军士兵在缴械后惨遭杀害。美军士兵迪克（Corbin Allred 饰）、斯蒂文（Alexander Polinsky 饰）、谢尔（Larry Bagby 饰）和戈登（Peter Asle Holden 饰）四人从纳粹的屠杀中侥幸逃脱，曾经在德国担任神父的迪克通晓德语，加之出色的枪法令他成为四人中颇为依赖的战力，然而此时的迪克身陷厌战症的困扰，频频出现在眼前的黑影不知是敌人的身形还是死神的召唤？四人在暂时栖身的木屋中恰巧听闻了德军的情报，于是赶在德军之前救出了一位英军飞行员温利。温利身负传递德军布阵情报的重要使命，为了让情报顺利传达挽救盟军将士生命，迪克等四人与温利一同踏上穿越德军封锁线的征途……
