Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, four of America's most celebrated college football stars, John McLaughry, Bob Bauman, Tony Butkovich and Dave Schreiner, put aside their promising athletic careers and NFL prospects to enlist in the United States Marine Corps. As they train and prepare for the brutal, imminent invasion of Okinawa, the men and their fellow Marines organise an impromptu football game on a makeshift field, drawing together some of the finest college talent of their generation for one final match before combat. Based on Pulitzer Prize winner Buzz Bissinger's bestselling nonfiction book, the film explores brotherhood, sacrifice and the devastating cost of war. A stirring, well-mounted true story that finds real emotional weight in its central band-of-brothers dynamic, anchored by a committed young ensemble cast.