Nick Gunar is a burnt-out former mercenary who is having a difficult time adjusting to civilian life. He's hired by the Nitro Mine Corporation to strong-arm the natives of a South China Sea island into giving up their rights to its mineral resources. Nick loathes the thought of another mission, but this job will earn him enough money to get back with his estranged family. The island people refuse to give up their land and Nick decides to help them fight the corporation that hired him. As greed and treachery begin to unravel, Nick's band of mercenaries chooses sides.