During a combat mission in Paldonia, a unit of American special forces is ambushed. Several soldiers are killed, and Mason Pettits suffers a serious back injury, which forces him to leave the service and become a lawyer. Now he has a wife and a school-age daughter, and the peaceful life weighs on him, and he often reminisces about his old army days. One day, his former commander, who has started his own private military company, persuades Mason to undertake a simple assignment and earn a decent amount. The task is to become the bodyguard of journalist Claire Wellington, who travels to Paldonia to interview a local dictator. But the "clean job" turns into a combat zone, when Mason and Claire find themselves at the epicenter of a coup d'etat.