89岁的二战老兵伯尼（麦克尔·肯恩 饰），与他行动不便的妻子芮妮（葛兰黛·杰克森 饰）同住在养老院里，过着规律又宁静的晚年生活。适逢诺曼底登陆70周年，伯尼打算参加纪念活动，却错过团体报名的机会。当他准备放弃时，芮妮感受到他的遗憾，便鼓励他独自前往。隔天早晨，伯尼瞒着所有人，溜出养老院前往诺曼底，展开这趟伟大的“逃亡”。这段旅程中，他开始回想起战时与战友们并肩作战的画面，这让伯尼意识到自己对于过去，仍有尚未解开的心结必须去面对……
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 ...
