Max and Leo are two soldiers-of-fortune on the verge of retirement when the beautiful Patricia Goodwin waltzes into their lives with a treasure map. With dollar signs in their eyes, Max and Leo embark on a thrilling roller-coaster ride that takes them from a lost temple in the Arizona mountains to the jungles of Guatemala. Along the way, they encounter a less-than-sociable horde of mercenaries, a hungry herd of crocodiles and El Coyote, a very dangerous and unstable descendant of Indian priests who believes he has a divine right to his ancestors' gold.