铁蛋杰拉尔·德帕缔约是个大话痨与人聊天不分时间场合和对象也因此他没有朋友在监狱里一个接一个的换着室友直到他遇到总也不说话的杀手卢比铁蛋可以一直对卢比说下去卢比让·雷诺不说话不生气脑子里总在策划越狱 尽管卢比的越狱计划天衣无缝却不想被铁蛋死死的黏住可也正由于铁蛋的帮忙两人在混乱中逃了出去卢比心中还有为女友复仇的计划然而铁蛋只是想永远和卢比做朋友开一个餐馆一个喋喋不休一个喊着要对方闭嘴两个人在逃亡的途中冲突不断笑料迭出
故事发生在1945年2月一批被关押在泰国坎博里劳工营里的战俘被日本军方下令长途转移押送回日本本土在运送途中波折不断当地游击队的拦截战俘的逃跑都被无情而残酷地镇压最终这批战俘在越南西贡登上货船巴西丸号由军舰护卫前往日本在海上航行的日日夜夜里战俘们遭受了地狱般的折磨和煎熬由英军少校本福德和澳籍中校亨特率领他们忍无可忍奋起反抗夺下了货船的控制权而此时一艘美军潜艇由于不知内情受上级指令向所有悬挂日本旗帜的船只开火数枚鱼雷击中货船战俘们再一次面临巨大的生死考验
Allen Meneric is committed to a psychiatric institution for the criminally insane because of a brutal revenge murder There he is forced to deal with the very ill and the dangerous until, as part of a socialization program, he is transferred to minimum security where he meets Mia, a beautiful bipolar female inmate Ever haunted by his past, Allen seeks his redemption when sudden events demand that he protect Mia from the violence and chaos of the institution