Set against a backdrop of rising tensions in Los Angeles during the Rodney King trial in 1992. Ollie (Craig) is a loner who lives in South Central - one of its only white residents - who befriends with a tough, protective mother who looks after a group of kids. When the riots explode in the city, Ollie helps her, who is secretly in lovewith him, try and track down the kids from the worst of the violence.