After a successful amphibious insertion, the Marines begin to prepare for
combat against the local rebels in the Philippines. While making a routine
fly-by, a UH-1 Huey helicopter, carrying some Philippine troops and Marines, is
shot down by the rebels. Of the occupants is Captain Amy Jennings (USMC) and
Major Aguinaldo (Ricardo Cepeda). Jennings and Aguinaldo escape the wreckage,
and try to flee from the pursuing rebels. Meanwhile, a rescue team is
dispatched to save Jennings and Aguinaldo but is shot down by AA fire. Lt.
Daniels (played by Mark Dacascos) and his fireteam continue onward to find
Captain Jennings and Major Aguinaldo. Jennings and Aguinaldo are captured by
the rebels, and taken to a village. There, Jennings tries to escape, but is
caught. The following morning, Aguinaldo is executed by the rebel leader. They
take Jennings to their headquarters. Gen. Frank Lewis (Rutger Hauer) is in
charge of the Marine Corps on the island, and receives hell from the higher
ranking Marine Corps officials, regarding the captured Jennings. The Rescue
team approaches the village, and learns that the rebels have moved Jennings to
their HQ. They begin following the rebels. Jennings is forced by the rebels to
tell the United States (through a video camera) that the Marines must leave the
island; but she refuses. In response, the rebels torture her. After battling
several rebels, the Rescue Team of Marines link up with Philippine troops, and
battle the remaining rebels in the HQ. They rescue Jennings and demo (set incendiaries
in the lab) in an anthrax lab to eliminate the threat of chemical warfare. They
escape from the blast. But the rebel leader survives and crawls out and curses
them and raises his gun. Jennings shoots him dead. The film ends with Lt.
Daniels and a Filipino attached to him mourning the loss of their soldiers on a
beach.
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