After believing she spotted her son in a traveling caravan, a distraught mother returns to the island of El Hierro, where son disappeared three years previously.
聖誕節前夕,波斯尼亞戰爭終於達成停火協議,亞得裡亞海上的美軍官兵們即將返回家鄉。海軍領航員伯納中尉(Owen Wilson 飾)早已厭倦這場無意義的戰爭,長官萊斯利(Gene Hackman 飾)出面勸解卻無濟於事。聖誕當天,伯納與搭檔駕駛大黃蜂戰機執行航拍任務,無意中瞥見非安全區中有武裝人員行動,兩人決定介入,卻被對方的薩姆導彈擊落,搭檔被對方處死,伯納僥...