四名男子在成功抢劫了一驾飞机上价值800万美元的金砂后，准备偷运到北非去赚钱，他们在运输过程途中，一方面要应付沙漠中恶劣的环境，另一方面他们之间又互相猜忌，互相残杀，又得共同去对付途中的各种突发事件，最后...

片中场景都以荒沙地带为主，参演人数也不是很多，片中也带有一些枪杀情节描述，属于中等制作水准的一部法国动作影片。

《燃眉追击》中的古巴毒枭Joaquim de Almeida出演本片，《巴黎野玫瑰》的情人Jean-Hugues Anglade也是主角之一。吕克贝松制片《车神》（Michel Vaillant）的导演Louis-Pascal Couvelaire作品。去年法国比较受欢迎的卖座电影，虽然人物不多、故事也并非完美，但镜头处理仍然颇具水准，尤其是酷热的沙漠环境中的惊险故事，令人想起巴黎-达卡拉力赛的艰险和乐趣。

Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit begins between her kidnappers who have no intention of letting their prey escape them and a group of soldiers who risk their lives in pursuit of their single aim – to bring her home alive. This strong, independent woman and these men of duty are thrown together and forced to confront situations of great danger that inextricably bind them – emotionally, violently and intimately.