In 1972, 19 year old American Jim PapRocki has just graduated from college, married his childhood sweetheart and they are expecting their first child. If money wasn't so tight, life could not have been better. But when Jim is convinced by his brother-in-law, flying ace Chris Jury, to be his co-pilot on a drug run to Southern Mexico, Jim's financial prospects start to look up. For $20,000 cash, he will help Chris pick up nearly a ton of marijuana and fly it back to the US, a journey of 1700 miles. Jim is assured that nothing can go wrong, the bi-plane has been adapted so they can cover the distance without refuelling. All goes to plan, until on the journey home the plane overheats, the cargo catches fire, and they are forced to crash land. They are now stranded hundreds of miles from the US Border, with no visas, no ID…. and the Mexican police hot on their heels.