In this film version of Neil Simon's play, Eugene Morris Jerome (Matthew Broderick) is drafted and sent to boot camp in Biloxi, Miss., toward the end of World War II. Eugene instantly butts heads with a terribly off-kilter drill sergeant named Toomey (Christopher Walken), whose contemptuous attitude toward Eugene does little to help the new recruit. Meanwhile, Eugene spends his spare time with a local call girl (Park Overall).