影片以一战时期，1917年春某一天的两个小时为背景，当时德军从战场撤退到兴登堡防线，那里设置了地雷和狙击手作为陷阱。英国军队在与德军长期的僵局后，寻找机会消灭对手，计划进攻兴登堡防线，在最后关头才发觉这是德军的陷阱。布雷克 （ 迪恩-查尔斯·查普曼 饰）和斯科菲尔德 （ 乔治·麦凯 饰）两位年轻的英军士兵奉命去前线传达命令，这次任务相当艰巨，不但要穿过前线和敌人阵地，留给他们完成任务的时间也只有一天，这不仅仅是为了拯救1600名英国士兵，而且布雷克的哥哥也在前线 。

影片以一战时期，1917年春某一天的两个小时为背景，当时德军从战场撤退到兴登堡防线，那里设置了地雷和狙击手作为陷阱。英国军队在与德军长期的僵局后，寻找机会消灭对手，计划进攻兴登堡防线，在最后关头才发觉这是德军的陷阱。布雷克 （ 迪恩-查尔斯·查普曼 饰）和斯科菲尔德 （ 乔治·麦凯 饰）两位年轻的英军士兵奉命去前线传达命令，这次任务相当艰巨，不但要穿过前线和敌人阵地，留给他们完成任务的时间也只有一天，这不仅仅是为了拯救1600名英国士兵，而且布雷克的哥哥也在前线 。

1917年，第一次世界大战激战正酣，并到了最关键的时刻。在英军一方，两名年轻的士兵斯科菲尔德（乔治·麦凯饰）和布雷克（迪恩·查尔斯·查普曼饰）接到…

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge. They make him wear a uniform complete with medals and is pushed by his new friends into accepting a Hero's welcome when he gets home where he is to be immortalized by a statue that he doesn't want, has songs written about his heroic battle stories, and ends up unwillingly running for mayor. Despite his best efforts to explain the truth, no one will listen.

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge. They make him wear a uniform complete with medals and is pushed by his new friends into accepting a Hero's welcome when he gets home where he is to be immortalized by a statue that he doesn't want, has songs written about his heroic battle stories, and ends up unwillingly running for mayor. Despite his best efforts to explain the truth, no one will listen.

A Russian-Canadian filmmaker gains unprecedented access to follow a Russian Army battalion in Ukraine.

故事发生在1942年，哈萨克斯坦的巴甫洛达尔镇的一队远东军中。 坦克手斯捷潘急切地想见到自己的母亲，而正在哨所站岗的士兵 利托夫金却面临艰难的抉择：是服从军令，还是让母亲去见他的 儿子。

第一次世界大战进入最激烈之际，两名年轻的英国士兵斯科菲尔德（乔治·麦凯 饰）和布雷克（迪恩·查尔斯·查普曼 饰）受到指派，执行一场看似不可能完成的任务：他们必须和时间赛跑，冒险进入敌区传递一个重要情报，试图阻止一场对1600名士兵的致命攻击，这其中包括布雷克的亲兄弟。