一次意外中,威尔(杰克·尼科尔森 Jack Nicholson 饰)驾车撞倒了一只野狼,当他下车查看情况时,野狼咬伤了威尔。威尔并没有将受伤当成一回事,可自从事故发生以来,一些奇怪的变化开始出现在了威尔的身上,他的感官变得异常灵敏,脾气也愈发暴躁,所有的迹象都在显示,威尔似乎在慢慢的变成一只狼。
动物研究专家亚历齐亚斯(欧姆·普瑞 Om Puri 饰)证实了威尔的疑虑,他给了威尔一张护身符,它能够暂时帮助威尔控制自己的野性。威尔的妻子夏洛特(凯特·尼利甘 Kate Nelligan 饰)死了,死于喉咙被撕裂,威尔的朋友劳拉(米歇尔·菲佛 Michelle Pfeiffer 饰)为威尔做出了不在场证明,而当劳拉身陷险境之时,威尔也毫不犹豫的变成了狼人,出手相救。
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 ...