Set during a U.S. military operation in the Korean War, the film follows Private Samuel Rosenberg, a sensitive and thoughtful young soldier who recently lost two best friends in battle. For his first assignment following a brief psych leave, he’s charged with transporting a captured enemy soldier across no man’s land to the prisoner transfer station. Over the course of their journey through dense Korean forest, Rosenberg finds himself unable to communicate with the other soldier, but a shocking revelation pushes him to his limits, forcing him to look his enemy in the eye. What follows changes both men and their understanding of war forever.