Following a four-year stint in the Army Rangers, Mario Amato returns home to discover that nothing has changed, until Tom Hanley, the childhood friend he left behind, persuades Mario to join him in attending the University of Miami. Amidst the glitter and glitz of one of South Florida's most trendy and exciting cities, Mario falls in love with Julia Hernandez, a rich beautiful co-ed, who happens to be the daughter of Pedro Hernandez, the Prosecutor General of Columbia.
However, when Julia's kidnapped by someone working for the Palmeri drug cartel, for the purpose of blackmailing her father, Mario and Tom travel to the jungles of Columbia in a foolhardy attempt to rescue her.