When three star General Irwin is transferred to a maximum security military prison, its warden, Colonel Winter, can't hide his admiration towards the highly decorated and experienced soldier. Irwin has been stripped of his rank for disobedience in a mission, but not of fame. Colonel Winter, who runs the prison with an iron fist, deeply admires the General, but works with completely different methods in order to keep up discipline. After a short while, Irwin can feel Winter's unjust treatment of the inmates. He decides to teach Winter a lesson by taking over command of the facility and thus depriving him of his smug attitude. When Winter decides to participate in what he still thinks of as a game, it may already be too late to win. 真正的军人。暴动背后的逻辑。超级棒。向他致敬。向你致敬！将军！。死去的人得以安息，活着的人找回尊严。。旗帜的力量。埃尔文的救赎。尊重应该是免费的。。个人解读。 一座由城堡改建而来的军事监狱中迎来了一位重量级犯人——陆军将军埃尔文（罗伯特·雷德福 Robert Redford 饰），监狱长温特（James Gandolfini 饰）笑脸迎接，但很快开始厌恶对方身上的军人傲骨。埃尔文在监狱中听闻诸多温特的劣迹，但抱着安心服刑的心态让他并未多事，很快，温特剥夺军人尊严的惩罚激怒了埃尔文，埃尔文开始用自己的方式令众犯人找回尊严，并顺理成章成为犯人的领袖，感到自己受到威胁的温特愈发不可理喻，下令射杀一名犯人导致双方矛盾升级。 埃尔文决定组织实施监狱暴动，以使上级部门介入对温特的调查。这些昔日的军人、如今的犯人们抱着重新回到战场的觉悟，在高度组织和秘密的情况下完成了作战的准备，一次双重间谍的任务成功之后，犯人军团吹响了夺取监狱的号角！
