While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

Brandon is a 15 year old whose dream is a pair of fresh Air Jordans. Soon after he gets his hands on them, they're stolen by a local hood, causing Brandon and his two friends to go on a dangerous mission through Oakland to retrieve them.

高中明星籃球員安東尼是師長眼中的好學生、隊友眼中的好隊長，他的夢想是獲得康乃爾大學獎學金並加入籃球校隊，但開朗和善的他心中總有個揮之不去的陰影：好賭成性的父親（麥可夏儂）。一再積欠賭債的父親不惜賭上安東尼的人生，只為在賭桌上翻盤，讓安東尼不得不鼓起力量，為了未來與夢想奮力一戰！