1921

Akilla's Escape weaves the present and past in a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier. Set in Toronto and New York where over 450,00 Jamaicans reside, the story speaks to the historical criminalization of black boys that modern society overlooks.Akilla Brown is forty-years-old and for the first time in his life, the clandestine cannabis grow operation he runs is legit. Only one year into government approval legalization, the pendulum of hypocrisy takes a toll and Akilla decides to cash out. While making a routine delivery on a cool, summer night, destiny takes an unexpected turn when Akilla confronts a firestorm of masked youths in an armed robbery.In the aftermath of the heist, Akilla captures one of the thieves, a mute fifteen-year-old boy named Sheppard. Upon leaning the bandits are affiliated with the Garrison Army, a Jamaican crime syndicate his grandfather founded. Akilla is forced to reckon with a cycle of violence he thought he escaped.

时间回溯到1979年，当时还是下乡知青的许海峰（李东学 饰），拿着一支业余气枪参加了安徽省第四届运动会并赢得了气步枪组冠军，但由于年龄超过国家规定，省射击队并没有录取他。三年后，在和县供销社上班的许海峰第二次参加了安徽省运动会的射击比赛，并再次赢得冠军，但最终还是因为年龄过大没有拿到省队录取通知。更不幸的是许海峰在工作中，为保卫国家财产，致伤双眼，险些失明。不料这时，吴全清（丛林 饰）教练却带来了省队的借调通知，去还是不去，许海峰陷入了艰难的抉择中。 　　1984年洛杉矶奥运会上，许海峰的状态一直很好，成绩位列第一，在比赛还剩下最后三枪的时候，突然他的眼疾旧伤复发，不得不下场休息。此时的许海峰坐在休息室中百感交集……

一个小混混在阴差阳错间卷进一桩劫金大案，生死命悬一线，疯狂一触即发。为了八吨神秘黄金，混世小太岁、金镖十三郎、满洲第一影后、代庖神父、富家千金，各类人物粉墨登场；日本侵略军、外国公使、野鸡军团、神秘剧组、黑心包租婆，各方势力虎视眈眈。谁敌谁友？谁明谁暗？谁生谁死？在一个重兵把守，炮弹都炸不开的金库里，八吨黄金如何被劫走，成为最大悬念。