Based on a story, this drama focuses. Capt. Ernest Gordon (Ciaran McMenamin), Lt. Jim Reardon (Kiefer Sutherland) and Maj. Ian Campbell (Robert Carlyle) are among the military officers preserved imprisoned and frequently beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell would like to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon attempts to take an even more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be resonant.