前美军特种兵兰森被美国人张伯伦雇用，带领一支由张伯伦、张伯伦的养女阿妮卡、大学教授萧安以及几个保镖组成的探险队，再危险偏僻的蒙古寻找一件无价之宝——由金银丝线织成，上面镶嵌着钻石珠宝的唐卡。这个唐卡不仅是当地的圣物，而且价值连城。这个无价之宝也让贪婪凶残的前俄罗斯军官朱柯夫垂涎。他一直跟踪着张伯伦等人。探险寻宝的过程中险象环生，探险队里的人一个一个地神秘死去，具有良知正义的兰森最后把唐卡留在了当地寺院，消失在血红的落日的余辉之中⋯⋯
Plot Summary:American ex-soldier Ronson (Dolph Lundgren) has fallen on hard times. He has been reduced to brutal illegal prizefights in the dingy backstreets of a city in Inner Mongolia in an attempt to pay off his debts. Things go from bad to worse after Ronson is caught in the act and arrested. The judge offers Ronson a choice: pay off all his debts in a month or return to jail. While Ronson is busy debating his limited options, he encounters the alluring Anika (Yu Nan), whom he follows down an alley only to be attacked by three thugs. After successfully beating off his attackers, he learns that the fight has been an elaborate audition for Anika's stepfather Chambers, a wealthy New York art collector. Chambers offers Ronson enough money to settle all his debts if he will guide an expedition composed of Chambers (William Shriver), Anika, several of Chambers' men and archeologist Ang Shaw into the rugged mountains of Mongolia. With the help of a secret map, Chambers hopes to locate a fabled temple, said to contain a priceless jeweled Buddhist tapestry known as The Tangka of God Ochirvaani.. Said to possess great spiritual... perhaps even supernatural powers, the Tangka is protected by a deadly curse. The rugged terrain and hardships of the journey do not deter Ronson and company from their quest, nor do the fierce battles with rival Tangka seekers Zhukov and his band of mercenaries. At last the expedition locates the cave containing the sacred temple. Between the bullets and the booby-traps: who will survive who will claim the prize... and what of the curse?
