Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way.
宾夕法尼亚州南部的布鲁斯特市,资深的火车机师弗兰克·巴恩斯(丹泽尔·华盛顿 Denzel Washington 饰)即将提前退休,作为拥有丰富阅历和经验的老员工,他和伙伴们虽然对公司出于成本雇用相对便宜却没有经验的新员工不满,却也无可奈何。这天早晨,弗兰克迎来了新的搭档,年轻气盛的领航员威尔·科尔森(克里斯·佩恩 Chris Pine 饰)…