奥利弗(马克·莱斯特 Mark Lester 饰)是一名孤儿,从小在教会中长大。九岁时,奥利弗被派遣到工厂做工,之后又来到殡仪馆成为了学徒。奥利弗的聪慧和机敏让他很快就在殡仪馆里站稳了脚跟,但与此同时,他亦遭到了同伴们的妒忌,他们故意挑衅激怒奥利弗,最终奥利弗离开了殡仪馆。 无家可归的奥利弗过起了四处流浪的生活,经过漫长的旅途,他来到了伦敦。一个名叫道奇(杰克·瓦尔德 Jack Wild 饰)的扒手将奥利弗带到了匪首费金(朗·穆迪 Ron Moody 饰)的面前,就这样,奥利弗成为了他们中的一员。一次意外中,奥利弗被警察逮捕了,但随后,他被证实是无辜的,当事人布朗罗先生(Joseph O'Conor 饰)对奥利弗感到十分愧疚,于是收留了他,奥利弗的生活能够从此走上正轨吗?
Ben Campbell(吉姆·斯特加斯 Jim Sturgess 饰)有着惊人的才华,身为麻省理工高材生的他学业无懈可击,他亦毫无意外地赢得了哈佛医学院的录取通知书。然而30万的高昂学费和生活费令他的大学梦摇摇欲坠。在争取奖学金的面试中,教授对他说胜出者必须要有过人的经历而不是像本这种一张白纸的学生。
Ben在一服装店打工,挣取每小时8美元的薪酬。同时和两个好友准备竞赛2.09以期获得认同和奖金。数学课上本的天才头脑被教授Mickey Rosa(凯文·史派西 Kevin Spacey 饰)发现,Mickey 希望本加入自己的21算法团队,专门去赌场依靠算牌赢得大钱。Ben并不同意,但Ben一直暗恋的女孩Jill Taylor(#凯特·波茨沃斯 Kate Bosworth 饰)也出面诱惑时,Ben开始动摇。
Ben开始了严密的训练,出师的成功让Ben尝到了金钱、虚荣、欲望的权力。同时他和旧友开始疏远,渐渐迷失在赌场的漩涡里
Recently returned combat veteran Matt Benning (Will Brandt) finds himself entangled in a dangerous web of drugs, violence, and toxic love that eventually has him running-and hiding-for his life.
神龙大侠阿宝(杰克·布莱克 Jack Black 配音)再度归来,要被师父(达斯汀·霍夫曼 Dustin Hoffman 配音)强行进阶修行。系列全新最强反派魅影妖后(维奥拉·戴维斯 Viola Davis 配音)登场,神秘莫测的她可以幻化成每一个阿宝的昔日宿敌。此次阿宝又结识了小真(奥卡菲娜 Awkwafina 配音)等新伙伴,并将一同开启这场冒险旅程。
Spiff and Hercules is the English translation of a French comic strip titled Pif et Hercule, featuring an anthropomorphic brown-yellow dog ("Pif") and a black-white cat ("Hercule") who, despite being best friends, are constantly fighting in a friendship/hate relationship. The character of Pif was created by José Cabrero Arnal for the French Communist Party newspaper L'Humanité on March 28, 1948, and the cat Hercules was introduced two years later.
The adventures of Pif also appeared in the British communist newspaper the Daily Worker (later The Morning Star) until the mid-1970s.
Spiff later got his own magazine ("Pif Gadget"), which was very popular as not only did it include several different comic strips, but offered a toy gadget in each issue.
Hercules also got his own version of Spiff's magazine, this one called "Super Hercule", but his magazine was more joke-oriented.
A series of 65 26-minute animated cartoons featuring the characters was produced in 1989 by Europe Images/M5 in France. Each program consisted of two episodes. United Kingdom television station Channel 4 aired the series in 1993.