Martin Brest（蒂尔·施威格 Til Schweiger饰）和Rudi Wurlitzer（让·约瑟夫·莱佛斯 Jan Josef Liefers 饰）是两个身患不治之症的病人，两人在医院相遇了，相谈甚欢更一起喝了一瓶偶然找到的酒。两人喝醉后，Martin知道了Rudi一个秘密：长这么大Rudi竟然还没见过大海。Martin决定在Rudi临终之前实现他这个愿望。两人偷了一辆车，不想这辆车竟然是一黑帮老大的，里面更藏有大量现金。两人还一路抢劫，被警察追捕。黑帮的人为了追回车里的钱，也在追杀他们。在寻找大海的路上，两人到底要历经多少艰险，Martin和Rudi最后能否实现看一眼大海的愿望，天堂在前，两人要去敲开天堂的大门了......Two young men, Martin and Rudi, both suffering from terminal cancer, get to know each other in a hospital room. They drown their desperation in Tequila and decide to take one last trip to the sea. Drunk and still in pajamas they steal the first fancy car they find, a 60's Mercedes convertible. The car happens to belong to a bunch of gangsters, which immediately start to chase it, since it contains more than the pistol Martin finds in the glove box.