九一八事变后，东北沦陷，天津某剧社演员陈彼得（陈佩斯 饰）不甘当亡国奴，立誓要做民族英雄。一日，正当剧院上演爱国题材话剧时，男一号罢演，救场如救火，导演（赵雍 饰）只好让陈彼得顶替，结果大获成功，台下看演出的宋将军（侯永生 饰）对陈的表演大加赞赏。当时宋将军来天津是为抗日部队采购军火，不料遭日谍龙太郎（陈佩斯 饰）刺杀，宋将军巧妙躲过一劫。龙太郎诱骗陈彼得再次行刺，结果阴差阳错，反而杀了龙太郎的人，宋将军大难不死，与彼得结下友谊。龙太郎闻讯恼羞成怒，四处追捕陈彼得，走投无路的彼得躲进一家整形医院，被医生按在手术室的床上，不由分说在脸上动了手术，手术后的彼得活脱脱变成了龙太郎。得知此情，龙太郎吩咐手下照自已的长相上街抓人，结果笑料百出……
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.
What if the only way to win is to lose?
