本片讲述了一群SIG成员绑架了一位被关押在阿尔及尔的加拿大籍军官克雷格少将，并说服他帮助美国部队。这群SIG组成了一个敢死队，在克雷格的带领下横穿沙漠，计划炸毁德军驻托卜鲁克的燃料库。他们经历千难万难，以生命为代价完成了这项不可能的任务，给德国纳粹以重重一击，在北非战场上写了下壮丽的战斗诗篇。

作者设想的世界末日仍由美国和俄国的核对抗造成。为了提高这个方案的可信度，影片加进了一个真正的坏人——欧洲的新纳粹分子。这个坏人说出了一条“真理”：“希特勒很傻。他同时跟美国和苏联打仗，怎么可能打赢呢？他应该让苏美两家对打。”

Alain Moreau (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a cop in Nice, France. Alain is at a funeral that is being held for a fellow cop, when Alain’s partner Sebastien (Jean-Hugues Anglade) shows up. They discover that his name was Mikhail Suverov, and Mikhail was born on exactly the same day Alain was. As it turns out, Mikhail is the twin brother Alain never knew he had. Tracing his brother's steps back to New York City, Alain discovers that Mikhail was a member of the Russian Mafia, who was chased down and killed when he attempted to get out. Of course, now Alain is mistaken for Mikhail, who was also mixed up in a war between Mafia organizations. With his only real ally being Mikhail's fiancé Alex Bartlett (Natasha Henstridge), Alain sets out to avenge his brother's death, which is complicated not only by the Mafia, but by two corrupt FBI agents.

红发女Collier（Judy Brown饰）因谋杀指控被判在菲律宾监狱服20年劳役，她的狱友都是美丽性感而凶悍的年轻姑娘，强壮的黑人女子Grier是她们的老大。Grier想把Collier作为自己的新宠物，Collier不惧淫威并很快与凶悍却富于正义感的Bodine（Pat Woodel饰）成为朋友。独来独往的金发女Alcott实际上很有心计，一天在劳动时她成功挑衅Grier并将其制服，成了牢房的新老大。向监狱犯人兜售商品的Harry和Fred是两个小色狼，Harry垂涎Grier的美色，并答应助其越狱。一天变态女警官把Collier带走并打算刑讯逼供，众狱友也被锁进蒸气室，被孤立的Grier也想助一臂之力，却被曾经的跟班割喉惨死。时间紧迫，Bodine和Alcott等人开始了营救Collier并越狱的行动……

本片记录了盟军在诺曼底登陆前90天紧张的作战准备，同时描绘了点射的最高指挥官-欧洲盟军最高司令艾森豪威尔面对众多分歧、困难极大的情况下，如何排除各种不利因素，指挥若定，最终取得胜利的情节。这场战役也使他名扬四海，载入史册。