A young and disorientated British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast in 1971. A young squaddie called Gary Hook, fresh out of basic training, who along with his regiment is unexpectedly assigned to Northern Ireland. On what looks like his first trip outside barracks, Hook is separated from the rest of his unit after a mini-riot; after taking a severe beating (and seeing a fellow soldier shot dead only inches away) Hook escapes into the rubble-strewn, battle-scarred streets. Hunted by the Provos, still wearing his dead-giveaway battle fatigues, and leaking blood from some nasty wounds, Hook is a stranger in a strange land - a land lit largely by the flames flickering from burning cars.
