Chaser

On the eve of his discharge, Eddie Devane is ordered to escort a prisoner from the Marine Corps Base at Camp Lejeune alongside Chief Petty Officer Rock Reilly. The assignment immediately sets a tense tone as their clashing personalities collide along the way. It also hints at Eddie's past, hinted by the money he has hidden from authorities.

Howard, Eddie's partner in crime, discovers the money Eddie had concealed in his desk. He fears Eddie has been exposed and intends to destroy evidence. The revelation deepens the rift between Eddie and Howard as the trip approaches.

Eddie and Rock's personalities clash throughout the trip to Camp Lejeune. They argue and test each other, creating a strained dynamic that foreshadows the complications ahead. The argument underscores the difficulty of keeping Toni under control.

Upon arrival at their destination, the men discover the prisoner they are transporting is Toni Johnson, a beautiful young woman with a troubled past. The revelation shifts the mission from escort to containment as they realize she will be difficult to manage. The trio now faces an uncertain, longer road ahead.

Toni tries to slip away by disguising herself as a waitress in a diner, triggering a tense pursuit. The escape attempt exposes her resourcefulness and sets the journey on an even more unpredictable path. Eddie and Rock must adapt quickly to keep her in custody.

Toni sabotages the van by slipping tampons into the gas tank, causing the vehicle to stall on the road. The incident shows her willingness to go to extreme lengths to escape and further strains the fragile alliance. Eddie and Rock realize they must outsmart not just a prisoner but a determined conspirator.

The trio stumbles into an abandoned mine and accidentally plunge down the shaft. They scramble for an escape, relying on each other to reach the surface. The dangerous moment forces them to cooperate despite growing tensions.

Toni gets out first, ditches Eddie and Rock, and runs away. She later experiences a change of heart and returns to help after realizing the consequences of her actions. This moment marks a turning point in her relationship with her captors.

The trio spends the night in a motel while their van is repaired, and later they bond in a diner as they share stories. It is revealed that Rock is divorced and estranged from his son, while Toni AWOLed to visit her ill brother in a hospital. The exchange humanizes all of them and deepens their understanding of each other.

In the diner, Eddie and Toni learn more about each other: Rock's fractured family life and Toni's brother's illness and the consequences of her actions. The revelations broaden their perspectives and soften initial judgments on Toni. The bond among the trio begins to shift toward empathy.

Eddie learns that Howard has siphoned off the money and even stolen the new car Eddie planned to buy. He calls Howard, who answers with a taunting riddle about how to talk to the fish, while Toni overhears the exchange. The revelation places Eddie's trust and the mission itself in jeopardy.

Distressed by the betrayals, Eddie drinks heavily and Toni seizes the moment to seduce him. What begins as a moment of vulnerability between captor and captive deepens their complicated connection. The event introduces a dangerous emotional complication for Eddie and Rocky alike.

The next morning, Toni vanishes again, stealing the car of the man who picked her up. Eddie and Rock pursue her, and their van unexpectedly climbs an artificial volcano at an amusement park before they all manage to escape unharmed. The chase intensifies the sense that no one is truly safe in this arrangement.

They end up in a bar where Toni apologizes for fleeing and reveals she understood the riddle when she heard Howard's call, answering with 'Drop them a line.' The moment prompts a fragile reconciliation among Eddie, Rock, and Toni and they decide to continue toward delivering her, though tensions and emotions remain high.

In a bold move, Eddie and Rock sabotage the transfer and Eddie poses as a tow-truck driver to slip Toni away from the convoy while Navy guards are distracted. They succeed in escaping custody, leaving their future uncertain. In the epilogue set one year later, Eddie and Toni live somewhere south of the border, and Rock has retired from the Navy and started a relationship with a waitress they met earlier.