作为一枚政治筹码,海军情报官欧尼尔(黛咪·摩尔 Demi Moore 饰)成为了美国历史上第一个参加特种部队“海豹突击队”训练的女性军官。凭借此事,一直呼吁男女平等的参议员狄海雯(安妮·班克罗夫特 Anne Bancroft 饰)获得了诸多选票。然而,利欲熏心的狄海雯根本就不关心欧尼尔作为个体的感受和遭遇,因为她心里明白,欧尼尔根本不可能完成特种部队里残酷而又可怕的训练。 让所有人大吃一惊的是,欧尼尔不仅出色的完成了训练任务,甚至有可能通过最终考试成为特种部队正式的一员,在此节骨眼上,狄海雯只得使出阴招,以欧尼尔为同性恋的虚假理由将其逐出了队伍。在朋友的帮助下,欧尼尔揭穿了狄海雯的阴谋,不仅如此,她还一次实战任务中凭借着自己的智慧大展拳脚,获得了同伴的尊重。
比利因性格原因常常遭受霸凌。在他生父留下的一台旧相机中,他感受到失落与连接的复杂情感。比利的母亲已经再婚三次,并和现任丈夫移居到美国。后来,他年轻的妹妹不幸溺水,家庭因此被继父抛弃,不得不返回台湾。
一天,洗完澡后,比利低声对自己说:“我要坚强,”身边放着几瓶药。他坐在马桶上,挣扎于孤独和困惑,试图逃避痛苦的现实。
Billy often faces bullying due to his personality. In an old camera left to him by his biological father, he feels a complex mix of loss and connection. Billy’s mother has remarried three times and moved to the United States with her current husband. Later, after his younger sister tragically drowned, the family was abandoned by her stepfather and had to return to Taiwan.
One day, after taking a bath, Billy whispers to himself, “I need to be strong,” surrounded by several medicine jars. He sits on the toilet, struggling with feelings of loneliness and confusion, trying to escape his painful reality.