have the ability, energetic young Captain Chris ( Owen Wilson ) , starting the last mission before his demobilization . He and his teammate and good friend Mike over Bosnia over the usual ground photographs , unfortunately, was shot down . Chris issued a distress signal , Mike was the Serbian secret military leaders killed . Chris fled in a strange land , close to the efforts to save the land . Way, he accidentally discovered the large cemetery of the massacre by Serb Muslim tribe . He realized that he and Mike on the plane must inadvertently photographed the secret , this is how they were shot down , Mike was murdered the real reason . Rui Gete General ( Gene Hackman ) , U.S. commanders want to do everything possible to save Chris , but by the obstruction of the NATO commander for political considerations . A little time in the past , Chris has become increasingly critical, Rui Gete decided to gamble .