1934年的《白热杀机》标志了好莱坞登陆夏威夷岛的开始。在之后的几十年间，有一百多部好莱坞影片在夏威夷考艾岛拍摄。在导演与其曾祖父的对谈中，影片《甘林之火》回顾了夏威夷考艾岛从种植业向娱乐业转变的历史，导演将四代人的家族史和著名好莱坞影史作品交织在一起，重现了夏威夷原住民和原著文化被资本和殖民主义侵占与吞噬的历史，创造出一幅万花筒般的经济和文化画像。

故事讲的是一名代号为稻草人（Scarecrow）的特工Stetson Lee（Bruce Boxleitner饰）在一次躲避敌方追捕的途中将手中的证物塞给了他所遇到的第一个人——正巧路过的家庭主妇Amanda King（Kate Jackson饰）。在摆脱追踪后，Lee找到了King太太要回证物，哪知King太太玩上了瘾，缠着他要帮助他们破案。迫于无奈，Lee只好答应了她的“无理”要求，两个人开始以奇怪的组合进行合作。

Teen lovers Bobby and Terry band together with other roller skaters to try and prevent a powerful mobster taking over the land their favourite skating rink sits on, and compete in the Boogie Contest.

女警帮助三名女犯越狱，这样她们就能把她带到那个隐匿的沼泽地里，找到偷来的钻石 。

Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with his dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann.

A scientist develops a formula which will cause animals to regress to the form of their primitive ancestors, and tries it on himself with disastrous results.