Bandit, el camionero rey de la carretera, se enfrenta a todo un reto, recoger un camión de cerveza en Texarkana, el lugar más cercano donde se puede vender legalmente esa bebida, y conducirlo a través del país hasta Atlanta en solo 48 horas. ¿La recompensa? ¡80.000 dólares! ¿El resultado? La persecución y los accidentes de coches más salvajes jamás vistos. ¿El motivo? Un sheriff de Texas, Buford T. Justice alias "Smokey", obsesionado con capturar al escurridizo Bandit, desde que la novia de su hijo lo abandonara por el rey de la carretera.

East-Germany, 1990. The first summer after Germany's reunification and Olli is eager to explore this new freedom. But for someone who has never left his small village in East Germany, he has high expectations. On top of that, he is not the brightest candle on the cake. So when he's suddenly convinced that the glorious US is just a stone throw away, across the lake, his sister Peggy knows not to stop her brother but rather see where this adventure might lead them. And to Peggy's surprise New York's subway is closer than she thought.