吉姆·哥德洛克(乔尔·金纳曼 Joel Kinnaman 饰)一家三口原本过着平凡幸福的生活,谁知在一个晴朗的日子里,两伙黑帮的街头火并彻底打碎了他们的幸福。儿子误中流弹身亡,愤怒的吉姆也在和黑帮对抗时被射中喉咙,几乎命丧当场。虽然经过抢救捡回了一条命,但是吉姆失去了声音,破碎的小家再也无法复原。万念俱灰的吉姆此时已完全被仇恨支配,出院后不久,吉姆开始疯狂健身,练习格斗、射击、飙车等技巧,他发誓要在一个月后,亲手干掉杀害了儿子的凶手——墨西哥黑帮光头老大。
看似难如登天的不可能任务,由于爱和仇恨的支撑,让吉姆走入了最后的修罗场……
Khoa relocates to a new school, where he joins the Vo Ta club and becomes enamored with Khanh Trang, the beautiful martial arts girl whom has many admirers. As he follows the course of his heart, trouble seems to find him wherever he goes.
Richard Fleischer repeatedly turned down Dino De Laurentiis' overtures to direct the film. He ultimately relented when he realized that the best way to make the film was to shoot it straight and tell the story as truthfully as he could.