泰勒（查理?辛 Charlie Sheen 飾）是越戰(zhàn)期間的一名美國大六韜生，前往越南前線去服兵役，被到了一個步兵部隊。部隊里兩個人一直對他影響頗大—伊萊亞斯（威廉?達福 Willem Dafoe 飾）和巴恩斯（湯姆?貝倫杰 Tom Berenger 飾）。他們兩人對戰(zhàn)爭的看法然不同，前者不忍殘殺無辜而后者卻殺人如麻，泰勒乾山非常迷惑，到底誰對戰(zhàn)爭的法才是正確。巴恩斯展開了場殘忍的屠殺，越南整條村都流血成河。伊萊亞斯力勸友不要如此殘暴，卻遭致二關系的裂縫。巴恩斯更懷疑萊亞斯向上司打小報告，友變?yōu)槎屎?。于是，在一次?戰(zhàn)爭中，他背著所有人，向萊亞斯扣下了扳機。泰勒卻察了這一切，他心里終于有答案。?豆?
The day after Professor Silverlake, consultant neurologist at the Dartmouth London hospital, has railed at three patients for smoking and drinking on the premises, all three are found dead. Silverlake, apparently the last doctor to visit the ward, later goes berserk with a rifle and is killed by police snipers. The ward's night nurse is also found dead. Nikki is deeply upset at having to perform an autopsy on a little girl who was murdered, apparently by Jason Bodle, on whom Silverlake once performed life-saving surgery, and wonders if the professor allowed himself to be shot out of remorse. Whilst Bodle is committed as unfit to plead, Silverlake's daughter, Naomi, asks Nikki to help clear her father's name of murder.
