A team of mercenaries under the command of hard-charging war veteran Mack (Academy Award® Winner Cuba Gooding Jr.), are contracted by a mysterious CIA operative named Elissa (Valerie Cruz) to rescue a scientist named Wesley (Ron Perlman) working on an archeological discovery deep under the Middle Eastern desert. Mack & his team of fighters (including Franky G., Zack Ward, Jason London, & Stephanie Jacobsen), though still mourning the loss of their former commander & friend (Ray Winstone), eagerly accept the assignment.