An outstanding comedy whose poetic style hearkens back to the films of Wes Anderson. It tells of a youngster focused on winning the nationwide drumming championship in spite of certain obstacles – such as not having any drums! A film that is every bit as hardcore as Jimmy Page’s guitar, and every bit as endearing as Robert Plant’s waistcoats. There are a lot of films that stick to the hackneyed theme of the outsider bent on fulfilling his dream in spite of all the odds – thanks to which he not only achieves his coveted success but, moreover, instils hope in the hearts of the weak and degraded through his courage and determination. But none of these films has had a protagonist as charismatic as Power – a young man obsessed with drumming drumlessly (read: steady gesticulation set to the rhythm of legendary heavy metal anthems), whose aim is to win the nationwide drumming championship, support striking miners in New Mexico and win the heart of a girl who went deaf at the age of three at a Status Quo concert. This brilliant comedy – reminiscent of the films of Wes Anderson in its fascination with bizarre twists on standard genre themes – will thrill you even if you are not a fan of 1970s hard-rock dinosaurs. But you mustn’t forget Power’s creed while you’re watching: “I don’t need drums. I am drums!" About the director Ari Gold received a Student Oscar in 2000 for his film Helicopter, an experimental short film in which he used authentic photography, scene reconstructions and animated sequences to tell of the tragic death of his mother. The Sundance Festival accepted Gold’s short student films for three consecutive years, and one of them – the sixty-second film Culture, which the filmmaker accompanied with a 10-point manifesto signed with the pseudonym Ari von Gold – elicited (particularly in Serbia) a wave of similar films of exactly one minute in length avowing “Dogma 99”. In addition to filmmaking, Ari Gold is also a dedicated musician – he sings in the bands The Honey Brothers and The Gold Brothers, he plays the ukulele, the piano and occasionally the drums. The film Adventures of Power is his first feature-length film.
舞台上，著名相声演员舒怀（赵炎 饰）和搭档谢林（郑健 饰）逗得观众哈哈直笑，台下掌声雷动，观众欢呼要求返场，并且要求说个新段子。但是舒怀成名后疲于应对各种社交应酬，没有精力潜心创作，弄得他在梦中困在舞台上羞愧难当。正在焦急万分的时候，他被老婆梅英从睡梦中叫醒，梅英和他商量要给他母亲操办六十大寿。妻子前脚刚走，有客来访邀请舒怀参加即将举行的曲艺大奖赛，当然他必须为此拿出新的段子。舒怀叫上谢林躲到某渔村搞创作，而过上新生活的村里请客送礼的歪风蔚然成行。才出狼穴，又入虎口。 新的人情网让舒怀更加苦不堪言……
改革开放的中国，红男绿女享受着时代的馈赠，但是许多青年被西方腐朽堕落的价值观所蛊惑，失去了蓬勃向上的劲头与朝气。花城汽水厂的青年住处员何大壮（冯巩 饰），在经过两年学习后准备进入南方职工业余大学参加毕业考试，谁知路上却被扒手划破口袋偷走了准考证。任凭他好说歹说，校方都不允许他入场。何大壮气急败坏，决心要好好惩治那些损人不利己的小偷。此后他先是误抓了手伸进老婆兜里的男人，之后又在抓贼时被对方栽赃，后来多亏经验丰富的刘所长（段建国 饰）为他洗刷了冤情。经人介绍，何大壮与女青年秋萍（凌慧 饰）相亲，偏偏对方正是他被栽赃时遭到盗窃的女青年，两个人之间难免误会继续。 吃了一连串亏的大壮，发誓要以业余警察的身份和小偷们抗争到底……
在乡镇企业当厂长的孙阿满（沈伐 饰）急需专业技术人才，在人才技术交流会上，他结识了女大学生王小燕（李云娟 饰），而小燕所学专业正与阿满厂里所缺专业对口。高兴之余阿满心存担忧，因为老婆山秀（岳红 饰）最见不得他和年青女孩在一起，知道就要吵翻了天，并明确规定，阿满的厂子不能有女性。求贤若渴，阿满对小燕道出原委，小燕非常理解阿满的心情，决心女扮男装去阿满企业上班。王小燕凭自己所学的专业知识，很快使企业打开局面，生产量和盈利额蒸蒸日上。全体职工对这个新来的技术员刮目相看，刚开始山秀也没发觉小燕是个女的，等大家知道真相后，纷纷要求阿满废除那条不招女工的“荒唐”规定......
