Petty Officer Michael Davis (Jeremy Davis) is the newbie to SEAL Team VI, but after his first mission the young soldier is weathered beyond hid years. His first assignment as for the elite black ops squad is as Communications Officer for the micro ground assault team that enabled surgical aerial assaults of strategic targets in Iraq, priming allied forces for the what is now known as Operation Desert Storm. The honor of being part of the special forces unit is enriched by the fact that he is invited into the unit lead by the best, Master Chief Devon Mackefy (Ken Gamble). The team, having just returned from one mission, is called into duty once again, because “Mac is the best”. Feeling the pull of the call, and given no option by the powers that be, our heroes go into the thick of it with the usual disadvantages - tired, short by one man and in need of gearing up in the weapons department; all with their invisibility being paramount. The team is rounded out by Petty Officer Williams (Kristoffer Garrison), Petty Officer Sanchez (Neta De Paula) and Chief Petty Officer Roberts (Zach McGowan). The team’s only contact ii Iraqi is Jamal (Amol Shah), a Kurd who has lost his family to the war and now helps the U.S. in these isolated covert operations. Their sole mission: mark aerial targets, avoid capture and stay alive for four days. But the enemy is in every direction. Tensions are high since Davis is untested in the field and Mac is distracted by a recent personal loss. All these complications threaten the success of the mission, as well as the team’s survival.
1942年,抗日战争与第二次世界大战正处于白热化阶段。燎原之火,生灵涂炭,天灾人祸,哀鸿遍野。当军事家和政治家的目光聚焦在一城一郭的征伐劫掠之时,几乎鲜少有人注意到古老的中原河南正爆发一场惨绝人寰的大旱灾。影片的主角老东家(张国立 饰),狡猾、市侩,典型的封建地主,可即便如此也无法对抗这史无前例的灾难,他被迫逃荒,亲眼见证着儿子、儿媳、老伴等亲人的种种死状。他的遭遇是三百万灾民的缩影,面对这群人的苦难,无论是高高在上的蒋委员长(陈道明 饰),还是深入民间报道灾难真相的美国记者白修德(阿德里安•布劳迪 Adrien Brody 饰),以及海内外的每一个人,如何能从这眼前的人间炼狱之景侧目。绝望无止的逃生坎途,中华民族多舛命运的苦难一斑……本片根据刘震云的小说《温故一九四二》改编。