Bobbie (Vincent Kartheiser) is a small time crook and drug addict. When he botches a vending machine robbery and is injured he is taken to Mel (James Woods), another thief and drug addict, to help him. The two becomes friends and along with their girlfriends, Rosie (Natasha Gregson Wagner) and Sid (Melanie Griffith), they embark on a drug heist. Things go off quite well during the drug heist, but the two men eventually end up shot and resort to help from the Reverend (James Otis). Losing a great deal of their haul for the Reverend's help, the group tries another theft, and things continue to spiral downward into violence and danger for them.