一个拥有天份且酷爱节奏的鼓手-戴文,高中毕业后,随即加入亚特兰大的大学鼓号乐队,学校为了年度校际鼓号乐队大赛,特别对这群菜鸟展开严格的魔鬼训练。然而,天赋异秉却特立独行的戴文,老是採取不妥协的态度,却造成了团体中的严重冲突,眼看比赛即将来临,他们要如何在年度大赛中脱颖而出?A fish-out-of-water comedy about a talented street drummer from Harlem who enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world, before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top.