UCLA college student Jonathan Moore (Anthony Edwards) is playing a game called "Gotcha" (popular on mid-1980s college campuses as "Assassin" or "Tag"), wherein the players are all assigned a mock "hit" on another player by use of a harmless paintball gun. Moore and his apartment roommate Manolo go on a vacation to Paris, France. After touring some of Paris, in a cafe Moore meets Sasha Banicek (Linda Fiorentino), a Czechoslovakian girl. Eventually, Jonathan has intercourse with Sasha, losing his virginity.
Jonathan decides to leave Manolo (who is heading to Spain) and go with Sasha to West Berlin to spend more time with her. Jonathan believes that he is in love with Sasha. There, Jonathan and Sasha continue to have sex and even go to an Oktoberfest beer gathering. One night, Sasha tells Jonathan that she has to go to East Berlin to pick up a package. One night after arriving in East Berlin, Sasha leaves their hotel room and walks to dark street corner. There, Sasha meets a German man who tells her the location of the pickup of her package. Meanwhile, Sasha was being monitored by a Soviet agent, who was sitting in a car at a distance. During the day, Sasha tells Jonathan that if she gives him a certain message, it means that he has to leave East Berlin immediately. At a cafe, Sasha gives Jonathan a package and says that a strudel is inside. A little later, Sasha tells Jonathan to meet her at the butcher shop near their hotel. All of a sudden, a Soviet agent begins to chase after Sasha. Sasha decides to use Jonathan (who is holding her package) to unknowingly get the package over to West Berlin. Meanwhile, Sasha is taken by the Soviet agent and East German secret police.
Jonathan goes to Checkpoint Charlie to cross the heavily fortified border into West Berlin. At the East German customs search, Jonathan is stripped of his clothes and given a cavity search. Meanwhile, Sasha is stripped and searched for possible espionage evidence. Vlad arrives at the border crossing to search for Jonathan, however Jonathan passes the border safely before he can be captured. Once in West Berlin, Jonathan feels liberated by the Westernized society. In the hotel, Jonathan receives a message from Sasha to meet him at a specified location. Jonathan finds out that his hotel room was broken into and robbed of his traveler's checks. Soviet agents eventually find Jonathan in West Berlin and chase him throughout a public park. Jonathan jumps into a water canal and manages to escape from the Soviets and stumbles upon a German rock group headed for Hamburg, who offer him a ride to the airport.
The rock group successfully get Jonathan to the airport (using full-face makeup to sneak him past a checkpoint) and Jonathan finally arrives in Los Angeles Tom Bradley International Airport and to his apartment. Soon, Vlad and a band of Soviet agents arrive too in Los Angeles. Once home, Jonathan stumbles upon a film canister, which was planted by Sasha. Jonathan visits his parents and tells them what happened in Germany but they cannot believe a word of it and think Jonathan is on drugs. Jonathan decides to call the FBI then the Central Intelligence Agency for help. Jonathan returns to find his apartment broken into and looted.
The CIA officer tells Jonathan to give them the photo film canister. At the Los Angeles headquarters of the CIA, Jonathan spots Sasha who looks like she was working there. Jonathan eventually meets up with Sasha. Sasha admits that she is Cheryl Brewster, a CIA agent, originally from Pittsburgh. Out of nowhere, Vlad and his gang begin to chase Jonathan and Cheryl on the UCLA campus. Jonathan eliminates all the Soviets with a tranquilizer gun which he gets from the campus veterinary sciences building. The Soviets are arrested, the CIA agents thank Jonathan for his (indirect) help in obtaining the film, and Sasha tells him she wants to continue their relationship.
After they part, Jonathan talks to a pretty student who rebuffs him coldly. As she walks away, he aims the tranquilizer pistol and shoots her in the rear.
摇晃的芦苇荡在长镜头下似乎被赋予了生命般，像极了挺进师的战士，坚韧、刚直，画面凄美到让人想哭。
怎么讲，虽然很流水账，虽然有些情节对小说的影像化还原也不尽如人意。但看完之后总还是觉得有韵味。不少画面过了好几天还在脑海里回放。音乐拿出来反复细听也绝对是用心之作。池田屋一段改编哈巴涅拉简直神来之笔。佩服佩服。
北京国际电影节 首映 ｜ 一部突破传统的战争片
了解挺进师历史的人大概都会对电影里的浙江方言特别有亲切感，这写实态度真的要点个赞。
看完沉默。怪司马辽太郎吗？怪原田真人吗？怪冈田准一吗？还是怪那个历史上的新选组呢？电影如同那段历史一般，终究是无可挽回。叙述视角拍得跟李秀成自供一般，虽然很像《关原之战》开头的叙述三成献茶故事，但还是太过平淡了，该如何拍这样漫长、或者辽阔（关原之战）的故事呢，原田真人尽力了，但答不好。公家在这电影里太黑了。
我愿称之为国内最美的战争片，这种美来自于制作团队超高的审美，也来自于影片中在镜头和音效上的各种全新尝试。
很熟悉，因此对电影的快节奏并无不适。
人物很多，但并不杂乱，亦不赘余，即使寥寥几个镜头，也能感受到创作者为每一个角色都创作了一篇丰富的人物小传，他们有粗有细，也有留白。
这是我看过的最美的战争片，也是感触最深的战争片，无名英雄的故事很悲壮也很治愈，他们或许目不识丁，但身为军人的责任感和骄傲感让人们懂得“使命”和“信仰”的含义！
吹爆这部影片的美学镜头，真有被它美住了，水墨画的质感给人超强的视觉体验，黑白色调给足了年代感，身临其境了属于是。
当视线中没有人影只剩影影绰绰的树林与林间浓雾时，山水墨画的质感会让你觉得画面特别美，原来战争也可以是“美”的，这波操作让人印象深刻。
留下照片的人很像照片里的样子了，感动！山崎捏得最为丰满，很喜欢。其他线就比较杂乱，有点鸡肋……另外茶屋的几场戏是灾难级别的，感觉是京都旅游宣传片吧，和其他部分画风都不一样，太现代太莫名其妙了；太夫几个都像木头一样杵着，不知道的还以为是假人，定睛一看这不是我们老熟人葵太夫吗？哑然失笑！
不真诚的故事却能打动评委
不受主旋律控制，不向商业妥协，不靠演员出彩，认真老实用视听语言做电影！用心！赞！
故事里的他们操着各地的方言对话，恰似当年来自五湖四海的红军战士们因为战争而走到了一起。
《燃烧吧，剑》——副长行云流水账似的一生。想想司马辽太郎的原作，人生虽短，其中的每一个人人，都活成了一首首隽永的俳句。
很少见一部电影愿意放弃噱头去致敬这样一群无名英雄，甚至演员也都选用的一批普通青年来突出那种群像感。
毫无理由服从命令的军人同镜子中的自己一起实现了对战争所存在意义的解构
影片的最后画面由黑白转向猩红，战士脸上已分不清是雨还是血，这个长镜头震撼我良久，似乎什么都没说，又似乎说了很多很多。
那一场血雨下的淋漓尽致，把我的眼睛都给浇透了，看到最后悲伤顺着眼泪流。
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