Filime yibanze ku bagabo babiri:

• Master Sergeant John Kinley (akinwa na Jake Gyllenhaal), umusirikare ukomeye wo muri Green Beret y'Amerika.

• Ahmed (akinwa na Dar Salim), umusemuzi (interpreter) w'umunya-Afuganisitani wakoranye n'ingabo z'Amerika.

Inkuru igabanyijemo ibice bibiri by'ingenzi:

Igice cya mbere: Ubwitange bwa Ahmed
Kinley n'itsinda rye barimo bashakisha aho ingabo za Taliban zikoreraga ibisasu bya IED muri Afuganisitani. Umunsi umwe, baguye mu gitero cyagabwe na Taliban, maze itsinda rya Kinley ryose riricwa, hasigara Kinley na Ahmed gusa. Kinley yakomeretse cyane, ntiyashoboraga kugenda. Ahmed, wari warahisemo gukorana n'Abanyamerika nyuma y'uko Taliban yiciye umuhungu we, yiyemeje gukiza Kinley. Yamutwaye ku bitugu, amuzamura imisozi n'ubutayu, anyura mu nzira zikomeye, ahisha Kinley Taliban yari yabashigaje inyuma. Nyuma y'urugendo rurerure rwa kirometero zigera ku 100, Ahmed yagejeje Kinley ku kigo cya gisirikare cy'Amerika amahoro.

Igice cya kabiri: Kwishyura Umwenda wa Kinley
Kinley agarutse muri Amerika, akira ibikomere, ariko ahorana agahinda n'ikibazo cy'uko Ahmed n'umuryango we basigaye muri Afuganisitani bahigwa bukware na Taliban bazira ubutwari Ahmed yagize amukiza. Leta ya Amerika yari yarabasezeranyije viza n'inzira itekanye zo kubajyana muri Amerika, ariko kubera amategeko n'akajagari, ayo masezerano ntiyubahirijwe. Kinley yagerageje guhamagara no gusabira Ahmed ubufasha abinyujije mu nzira za leta, biranga.

Kubera ko Kinley yumvaga afitiye Ahmed umwenda w'ubuzima bwe, yiyemeje gusubira muri Afuganisitani ku giti cye, yikoresheje amafaranga ye bwite, kugira ngo akuremo Ahmed n'umuryango we mbere y'uko Taliban ibica. Iki gice cya kabiri kivuga ku rugendo rwa Kinley, akoresheje imbaraga ze n'amayeri, kugira ngo ashyire mu bikorwa umuhigo (covenant) yari yarahaye Ahmed.

Filime irangira igaragaza ubutwari n'ishyirahamwe rikomeye hagati y'aba bagabo babiri, inavuga ku kibazo nyacyo cy'abantu benshi b'Abanya-Afuganisitani basezeranyijwe ubufasha na Amerika ariko bakaza gusigaranwa n'akaga nyuma y'uko ingabo z'Amerika zivuye mu gihugu.