It is a hot, sticky Philadelphia night. And teenager Johnny Broom is ready to score. He's got his gang's rumble set up with the Violets, the perfect cover for his real plans for the evening-opening up the warehouse his brother guards for Comber's boys to clean out. Johnny's got it all figured.

What he doesn't figure is that the creepy kid Mike will show up and start taking over the action. He doesn't figure that officer Vallera will be one step ahead of him, ready to bust the heist. He doesn't figure that John Dexter Stephens, whom everyone knows is the only adult friend the kids have, will be tagging along on the bust. Johnny's got the perfect plan, so why does everything start to go so wrong...