马克（查宁·塔图姆 Channing Tatum 饰）是一名职业摔跤手，在过去的职业生涯中，他也曾有过辉煌的胜利，然而，如今，一切光芒都已经散去，他不过只一个碌碌无为的无名小卒。马克的哥哥大卫（马克·鲁法洛 Mark Ruffalo 饰）也是一名摔跤手，兄弟两人彼此之间 关系十分要好，可是，马克明白，大卫有自己的家庭和事业，而自己却只有摔跤。 某日，马克意外受到了一位名为约翰（史蒂夫·卡瑞尔 Steve Carell 饰）的神秘富商的邀请，希望马克能够成为他所组建的摔跤队中的一员，在约翰的摔跤队中，马克找到了自己的价值所在，深受约翰重用的他成为了约翰唯一的朋友，然而，随着时间的推移，当大卫也加入了摔跤队后，一切都开始改变。 本片根据真实故事改编。
Ralph Burton is a miner who is trapped for several days as a result of a cave-in. When he finally manages to dig himself out, he realizes that all of mankind seems to have been destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. He travels to New York City only to find it deserted. Making a life for himself there, he is flabbergasted to eventually find Sarah Crandall, who also managed to survive. Together, they form a close friendship until the arrival of Benson Thacker who has managed to pilot his small boat into the city's harbor. At this point the tensions rise between the three, particularly between Thacker, who is white and Burton, who is black.
戏班女工小珍大意将压衣箱之喜神翻转，惹来一场大祸！首先，小珍被杀，而当地谭司令官垂廷花旦玉容美色，花与师兄白玉楼相好，班主与戏班中人为谭收买，合谋杀死白玉楼，更诬陷白是奸杀小珍之凶手。白玉楼鬼魂为报冤仇而将戏班中人陆续杀死，谭司令寿辰之日欲向花玉容逼婚，白之鬼魂出现，与新加入之武生萧元庆联手尽歼奸徒！
影片通过三位主人公——知识分子和投机商马高、他的朋友黑仔、他们共同的爱人娜塔莉——传奇般的人生展现了导演对南斯拉夫这个民族的理解与复杂情感。