In the center of the Drama "Sand Castle" — some soldier of the American army at the beginning of the second Iraqi War in the Persian Gulf. Overcoming a deadly heat, Matt Okr (Nicholas Holt) who yet didn't accumulate fighting experience, among other privates under the leadership of the captain Siverson (Henry Kavill), is sent to suburbs Baakuby to restore water supply after the American bombardment. Having appeared in the middle of human sufferings and anger, guys try to improve the relations with inhabitants of a small village. But it is a difficult task. Here, on streets, in the yards and at the destroyed schools, they learn true Horrors of War.