Born in Germany, Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) dreamed of flying in the sky since he was a child. When he grew up, he immigrated to the United States with his family, joined the army and became a real pilot. Dieter then joined the Navy in Vietnam. On the way to the mission, Dieter's plane was unfortunately shot down by ground artillery fire from the Vietnamese army. He escaped death by chance, but was eventually captured by the enemy and tortured. Dieter was taken to a prisoner-of-war concentration camp in Laos, where there were several companions from the American army. The guarding enemy treated them inhumanely. Dieter secretly decided to escape before he sat down, but his companions Gene (Jeremy Davis) and Duane (Steve Zahn) did not think so, and they did not have much confidence. After some persuasion, Dieter carefully planned to escape from prison when the rainy season came. They had to face endless jungles, hunger, wild beasts, and Vietnamese people who were unknown...