偏远的巴克莱小镇是一个宁静祥和的所在，当地居民友爱和善，四处洋溢着幸福和快乐。蕾妮•卓别林（Felicity Mason 饰）是镇上一个美丽的女孩，不久前她刚刚继承长辈的遗产和农场，然而福祸双至，由于家族遗留的债务问题，刚刚到手的财产以及自幼生长的农场全被银行夺去。伤心的蕾妮决定和男友远离家乡，去到另一个城市生活。　　就在他们离开之际，天空突然坠下无数剧烈燃烧的陨石。不断有人被陨石击中，但随后他们便从地上爬起，变成了残暴无情、嗜血如命的活死人。蕾妮的男友也不例外，眼看要被男友杀死的蕾妮，关键时刻得到农夫马瑞恩（Mungo McKay 饰）的救助。她和其他几位幸存者必须想尽办法，逃出这个已被感染的死亡小镇……

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 ...

　　39岁的布伦南?哈夫（威尔?法瑞尔 Will Ferrell 饰）无业，一直在母亲南希（玛丽?斯汀伯根 Mary Steenburgen 饰）家蹭吃蹭住。40岁的戴尔?多巴克（约翰?赖利 John Reilly 饰）也是个与父亲罗伯特（理查德?詹金斯 Richard Jenkins 饰）住在一起的大龄男，靠父亲的接济生活。南希与罗伯特一见钟情，婚后搬入罗伯特家居住，布伦南也随母亲一起搬入，从此被迫以继兄弟的身份与戴尔同处一室。二人从相互敌视逐渐成为最佳拍档，共同对付布伦南的优秀弟弟德里克（亚当?斯科特 Adam Scott 饰），玩闹得不亦乐乎。可没想到他们的胡作非为却毁了父母刚建立起来的美满婚姻，二人后悔万分，终于决定痛改前非……

惨痛分手后，热情洋溢的造型师梅维斯·博蒙特把握机会整顿生活、重新追求爱情，要用自己的方式找到快乐。