这部电影改编自美国著名的橄榄球好手厄尼·戴维斯（Ernie Davis）的生平，他是第一位获得美国大学橄榄球联盟最高奖项海斯曼奖（Heisman Trophy，相当于最有价值球员）的非裔美国人。他在1960和1961年带领锡拉丘兹大学橄榄球队两次获得全国冠军。但他毕业后，未能参加职业橄榄球比赛，因为他被诊断出患有白血病，第二年他就遗憾地告别了人世。
A mysterious man, Dean, returns to his hometown of Grimsby after many years abroad in the Army. His arrival is met with animosity, particularly from his father, an avid pigeon racer. Dean is drawn back to confront his demons, and confess a secret to a childhood friend, Jess, only to discover she has been struggling since the untimely death of her husband. Whilst attempting to raise her child and battling a crumbling economy and dearth of opportunities, she is pulled into a harsh underworld. Dean must help her, throw her a lifeline, but the situation only darkens. When their lives are threatened he will do all it takes to make sure she is safe.
本片根据波兰著名同名小说改编，讲述了二战期间，华沙被纳粹德国军队占领，波兰童子军的年轻人们与德国占领者进行英勇斗争的故事。 Based on a well-known Polish novel with the same title the movie re-tells a true life story of a group of scouts called ''Szare Szeregi'' (Gray Ranks) during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw and the liberation of one of its members (imprisoned and tortured by the Germans) through a maverick military action in board daylight right under the enemy's nose known ''Action at the Arsenal'' which was the biggest single feat of the sort undertaken by a youth resistance organisation in all of occupied Europe during WWII.
Young Hunters: The Beast of Bevendean is a children's action adventure film, about two boy's hunt for the mysterious creature said to be living in the woods on the edge of town.
