拼镢子本是老实农夫，富家勾结官军霸占了他的土地，使他无以为生。他便以农具拼镢子做兵器，成了使富家和官军惊恐不安的侠盗，最后为保护无辜，从容受刑。
基特（亨利·戈尔丁 Henry Golding 饰）年幼时跟随着父母躲避战火，一家人从越南前往英国，之后就再也没有回去过。一晃眼三十年过去，基特的父母早就双双离开了人世，基特带着两人的骨灰打算返回越南，让双亲的魂魄能够在故乡的土壤里安息。 当基特踏上阔别了三十年的祖国的故土时，内心里百感交集。这里的一切都和他模糊的记忆截然不同，久远的过去对于基特来说仿佛一场快要消弭的梦。在越南，基特在社交软件上结识了一个名为路易斯（帕克·索耶 Parker Sawyers 饰）的男人，路易斯的父亲曾经参加过越南战争，即便两人在国别和立场上有着微妙的对立，但他们之间还是渐渐碰撞出了爱情的火花。
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 ...
