A city cop and a wilderness expert team up to capture a psychopathic thief and murderer who has escaped to the wild.

Two slackers from California join the Army reserves to make a quick buck, but end up being called for duty. They are sent to the desert in Chad, but mistakenly end up behind enemy lines in Libya where they are captured. With their fellow misfits, they have to find their way back to safety and freedom.

Axel Foley is a brash, street smart Detroit detective who follows the trail of a friend's murderer to the posh surroundings of Beverly Hills. And before Axel gets his man, he gets up to his neck in an international network of smugglers and drug peddlers.