Synopsis:

"Straight Into Darkness" is the tale of two American soldiers, Deming (Scott MacDonald) and Losey (Ryan Francis), struggling to survive in the harsh destructive winter on the ravaged battlegrounds of Europe in the Second World War. Deming is a wild-eyed soldier on the edge, holding Losey hostage at gunpoint as they desrt their troop and attempt to escape the combat. Losey, a soldier with a good heart, is plagued with violent flashbacks interwoven with memories of his true love back home and horrible combat moments where innocent woman and children were killed. Deming aggravates the situation when he takes an elderly couple hostage and roughs the up, however he quickly finds that karmic vengeance will punish him.

Things take an eerie twist when Deming and Losey find themselves surrounded by a group of orphan child soldiers who seem to know the old couple. They learn that the man and woman were teachers in an orphanage that was mercilessly destroyed by the enemy. In an effort to defend themselves, the old man has now trained the children to fight using any weapons they can get their hands on.

It is not long before they come under a surprise attack by an enemy battalion loaded with heavy artillery and a powerful tank. What results is a bloody showdown to the death; an experience like that of the most horrible nightmare. Together with the gang of child soldiers and the old couple, Deming and Losey must fight a most memorable war for their own lives, performaing brave heroics to protect not only themselves, but for the children of war.

"Straight Into Darkness" is a mesmerizing tale of the human condition in the worst of circumstances. Audiences will be haunted by the imagery of director Jeff Burr, who has been highly praised for his work on this film, which Variety Magazine describes as "a heady brew of redemptive themes by way of Joseph Conrad, wtih editing and camerawork from the playbooks of Orson Welles and Sam Peckinpah..."