Plot

An experienced journalist risks returning to Afghanistan in pursuit of a sensational story.

Disheartened when his story about Canadian snipers possibly mutilating corpses in Afghanistan is buried, Luke (Nick Stahl) quits his job but is even more determined to return to Afghanistan to get the real story. With his offbeat buddy Tom (Nicolas Wright) tagging along, Luke returns to Afghanistan and intends to gather enough evidence to get his old story into print. But he soon finds that the country is an even more dangerous place than when he left. To make matters worse, his old friend and fixer, Mateen (Stephen Lobo) has been hired away by Luke's journalistic nemesis, Imran Sahar (Vik Sahay). Soon the trip turns into a surreal and perilous adventure for Luke and Tom, a journey into an alternate reality, filtered through a haze of gun smoke.—Barrie Dunn

In Afghanistan, Canadian journalist Luke, who also occasionally narrates the movie, is dressed like a woman would be under the Taliban. He is accompanied by a group of men, most of whom don't speak English, and Mateen, his "fixer", who translates and tells him what he needs to know.

It is rumored that Americans cut off the fingers of certain people they kill. Luke believes he is seeing this happen but his camera gets shot and there goes the evidence.

Back in Canada, Luke's newspaper won't run the story. But he is determined to go back and get his evidence, without the support of his paper. Actually, the way he behaved toward his editor Mark, he doesn't have a job.

Luke's friend Tom, who looks like a hippie and has a sarcastic attitude, wants to go to Afghanistan too, and he gets his mother to finance the trip. Once back in Afghanistan, Luke claims to be working on a story about the drug industry--Afghanistan is a leading producer of heroin. Tom claims to be working on a documentary for CNN, and the beautiful girl he is interested in, an entertainer named Miss Freedom, believes him. Imran, who already knew Luke, works for The New York Times and he believes he has an edge over the others.

The three journalists get sent with a group which includes Elita, an attractive woman from Latvia, who assists with communications. Mateen joins Luke once again, after some effort. They are going to visit his uncle, who has some knowledge of the situation. Tom poses as a record executive to meet with a big shot in a suit named Assad whose nephew is an aspiring rapper with no talent. Ustad Mir is a cab driver who picks up some of the group when they get left behind.

Tom and Luke get separated from Imran and the main group and experience the horrors of war and meet some interesting characters, such as the Brooklyn plumber who insists poor sanitation and water quality are killing more people than the war.