A man nicknamed "the Jesuit," is imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. When his wife is murdered and his son kidnapped and taken to Mexico, he devises an elaborate and dangerous plan to rescue his son and avenge the murder.
麥德林（湯姆•克魯斯 Tom Cruise 飾）的父親是個戰功顯赫的老飛行員，他決心也要成為父親那樣的英雄終於他的機會來了，他與軍官古斯（安東尼•愛德華茲 Anthony Edwards 飾）一起被派到了高炮訓練基地接受最嚴格的飛行訓練。可是，麥德林的訓練並不像預想中順利，他在空中總是驚慌失措，成績一直不滿意，同學史奈德對他也頗有微詞。麥德林愛上了美麗的女教官查理（凱莉•麥吉利斯 Kelly McGillis 飾），查理也漸漸愛上了有個性的麥德林，這令本來有些心灰意冷的麥德林重新鼓起了勁。教官在畢業前的一
Set in the 1930s, an American with a scandalous reputation on both sides of the Atlantic must do an about-face in order to win back the woman of his dreams.
