Street hooligan John Fetaccini goes about his idyllic existence with his offbeat live-in girlfriend, Cora. He spends his days between shaking down money from bet-welchers for his gangster boss and making sure things are running well in his neighborhood. However, he's disillusioned that he can't seem to do a thing about his life heading nowhere fast. When punks working for a rival crime kingpin gun down John's boss, he has little choice but to take command of operations. Nevertheless, he immediately finds that change doesn't always do one good and must decide between he and his girlfriend's relative safety and fulfilling the wishes of his questionable associates and their questionable practices.