"Morning Dark" is a story of three generations of men, each consumed by the memories of war and violence. Big Walt is a WWII hero, his son Walt a Vietnam veteran, and Walt's nephew Tom Jane a thirty-year-old career soldier now dishonorably discharged. When Walt, drawn into a harrowing situation on unfamiliar soil, needs rescue, so Tom must forfeit his failure and grief and rescue his desperate relative. The dangerous trip may be his only chance at salvation.