Jim (Leonardo DiCaprio) plays basketball at high school. His whole life centres on the game and he is passionate about becoming a basketball star. Every now and then, he gets together with his friends and they get stoned. Slowly and surely, Jim begins to slip into the world of drugs. His mother throws him out of his home and Jim gets more desperate as he takes to theft and murder to feed his drug...

Jim (Leonardo DiCaprio) plays basketball at high school. His whole life centres on the game and he is passionate about becoming a basketball star. Every now and then, he gets together with his friends and they get stoned. Slowly and surely, Jim begins to slip into the world of drugs. His mother throws him out of his home and Jim gets more desperate as he takes to theft and murder to feed his drug problem.