Den 3. oktober 1993 besluttede de amerikanske fredsbevarende styrker i det borgerkrigs- og sulthærgede Somalia - under FNs kommando - at foretage en isoleret aktion i Mogadishu for at tilfangetage to af krigsherren Mohamed Aidids nærmeste medarbejdere. Støtte blev sendt ind over byen i skikkelse af to Black Hawk kamphelikoptere, men da de blev skudt ned af håndbårne missiler, ændrede missionen karakter fra almindeligt kaos til en desperat kamp for at redde de nedskudte piloter fra helikopterne og for at få alle styrker trukket ud af byen igen.
Two soldiers from opposite sites get stuck between the front lines in the same trench. The UN is asked to free them and both sides agree on a ceasefire, but will they stick to it?
A detachment of the Polish IFOR forces in Bosnia is led by Major Keller, who is being investigated for insubordination during a patrol in Srebrenica. The investigation is to be led by two arriving officers - Lieutenant Czacki and Major Kusz who will also replace Keller as CO. When the camp's RTO receives a communication from a downed Norwegian chopper, Keller ignores his standing orders and leads a platoon to rescue the crew.
Jacob er taget til Bosnien som soldat i FN’s fredsbevarende styrker, hvor krigens skræk og rædsler kommer tæt på. Han tager med den nye, barske delingsfører, Søren Holt, til Zagreb på hvad han i begyndelsen tror, er en fredelig skovtur med en håndfuld rige turister. Hurtigt udvikler turen sig til et mareridt af vold og død, og pludselig er gruppen de jagede.
Onni Lintula, a journalist interested in ancient sights and a glacier has joined the Cypriot peacekeeping force. On the beach he falls in love with the local beauty Stalo. Despite the turbulent situation, strict moral rules and the obstruction of Stalo’s brother, Onni and Stalo find each other.
Kingston, Jamaica. After the controversial extradition of notorious drug lord Dudus Coke to the United States in 2010, chaos took over his former territory, the western neighborhoods of the city, where extremely violent gangs of teenagers kill each other for whatever reason. A group of reformed gangsters from Denham Town decide to mediate.