Shortly before he is to wed, millionaire John Willis is visited by Dr. Harry S. Blair, a psychiatrist who informs him that years before he was married to Nancy, John's wife-to-be, and warns him th...
朗（汤姆?克鲁斯 Tom 饰）自幼就是一个争强好胜的男孩，向往男子汉的生活。年轻的朗被总统那潘那番充满煽动性的越战演说彻底征服，一种挑战和为国牺牲的冲动在朗的内心渐渐滋长。一次摔跤比赛的失利，令一向要强的他毅然告别了恋人唐娜和大学生活，踏上了从军参战之路。
然而，来到了越南的朗并没有在这里找到向往已久的英雄气概，反而目睹一出出反人类的悲剧。朗的好友威尔逊也在一次混战中死于朗的子弹，不久，朗中弹...