一名在澳洲以农为业的的占水师康纳(罗素·克劳 Russell Crowe 饰)在第一次世界大战加里波利战役后前往土耳其伊斯坦堡,试图寻找他三个参战阵亡儿子的遗骸。即使一开始遭到军方的百般阻挠,他也不屈不挠,更遇到于伊斯坦堡入住旅馆女主人爱莎(欧嘉·柯瑞兰寇 Olga Kurylenko 饰)及一名曾与他儿子对战的土耳其军官出手协助。康纳抓住一丝希望,为查出真相,穿越饱受战火蹂躏的土地,九死一生,只为寻回儿子阵亡的真相,了结自己及妻子的心愿……
Based on Alain Gandy’s book Les Chiens Jaunes, the story takes us back to March 1945. The Japanese army launch a sudden, brutally violent assault on the French garrisons in the Far East. Thousands of civilians and soldiers are killed. Stalked by the Japanese enemy, a column of legionnaires who are already weakened by alcohol and disease decide to traverse the jungle in an attempt to reach China and allied bases.