刀刃的边缘

　　Different Drummers is based on a true story about two unusual boys in Spokane, Washington in the mid 1960s. In this more innocent time, when body builder Jack Lalanne ruled the airwaves, the two heroes, a couple of elementary school students, make a bold attempt to triumph over mortality through friendship. Eleven year old David is slowing down and is now wheelchair-bound by muscular dystrophy, while Lyle can't stop speeding up. Back then, he was referred to as having a condition called MDB (Minimal Brain Dysfunction) but today he would be diagnosed with "Attention Deficit Disorder." Lyle wants more than anything to get David out of his wheelchair and running again, and he concocts a wild scheme involving a science project, some firemen, drummers, the school principal, a cop and a hand-walk across the school gymnasium, among other things. It works like this: Inspired by his TV idol, Lalanne, and his message of "intestinal fortitude and willpower," Lyle manages to convince David that ...

　　罗根（艾迪·斯比安 Eddie Cibrian 饰）的父亲是一名检察官，在阿尔伯特家族的三兄弟之案开庭的前一夜，三名歹徒闯进了罗根家中，残忍的杀害了他的父亲和母亲，年幼的罗根幸运的逃离了死神的魔抓，却悲惨的沦为了孤儿。
　　之后，罗根被叔叔杰克（查克·诺瑞斯 Chuck Norris 饰）收养了，来到了杰克经营的农场生活。杰克表面看只是一名平平无奇的农场主，实际上，他曾是军队里的拳击和跆拳道冠军。在罗根的身上，杰克发现了杰出的习武天赋，不仅如此，罗根还拥有着神秘的第六感，于是，杰克决定将自己的毕生所学都交给罗根，帮助他进行他的复仇计划，一晃眼，就是十五年过去。

　　布隆姆-唐是一名小镇的警察，他受根深蒂固、权势熏天的市长迪克-卡瓦纳家族直接管辖。当他的两个十来岁的儿子在猎鹿中无意射杀迪克后，布隆姆对独掌大权的卡瓦纳家族长期持有的忠心受到了考验。仍未成年的斯凯拉决定替哥哥内特顶罪，声称是他失手开的枪。卡瓦纳家族马上报复，令斯凯拉锒铛入狱，并企图将他作成人来审判。被绝望和负罪感压迫的内特力闯监狱，通过一连串的搏斗，救出弟弟，逃入树林。布隆姆在法律和骨肉之间的抉择导致了他对旧的家庭秘密的发现，而这些发现将要威胁毁灭掉他所热爱的一切

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