Four men from different corners of the world end up in a small, impoverished town in South America, each trying to escape their troubled pasts. They find themselves stranded with little opportunity for a way out. An American gangster, a French banker accused of fraud, a hitman from Mexico, and a Palestinian terrorist band together out of sheer desperation when an American oil company needs volunteers for a suicidal mission. The job is to transport a volatile shipment of nitroglycerin across 200 miles of treacherous jungle terrain and mountain roads to extinguish a raging oil-well fire, with the promise of substantial financial reward and a chance at freedom.

The journey is fraught with life-threatening challenges as the group navigates decrepit trucks over perilous cliffs, through unstable bridges, and along muddy paths. The old rust buckets nearly fall apart as tensions run high among the men, who must overcome their mistrust and work together to survive each harrowing obstacle. Along the way, the perils they face test their endurance, sanity, and will to live. As the journey progresses, the men's backstories are revealed through flashbacks, adding depth to their intense ordeal. This high-stakes expedition becomes a struggle not just for wealth or redemption, but for basic survival in an unforgiving environment.