Belfast, 1979. At the height of the Troubles, two off-duty British soldiers think they - ve hit it off with two local girls at a unionist pub on the city's outskirts. But what begins as a night of flirtation and playful sparring soon turns dark. Decades later, as one of the soldiers recounts the events for an American oral history project, long-buried memories resurface, drawing him back to Belfast in search of answers and revenge.