During a hot summer in 1990, a young man, Ray, moves into his aunt's Venice Beach home to find his direction in life. While there, he is befriended by some local criminals, a group of five brothers that soon become his surrogate family.

First Down. Second Chance. Skylar is a star quarterback of his football team. He's got the skills, the looks, and the girls. His next-door neighbor, Walter is a loving husband, good father and all-round decent family man. When their worlds start to crumble they find themselves in jail together and suddenly these former enemies must rely on each other to rebuild their lives...

美国某小镇，有一条通往哈特利小学的丛林捷径，但自从上世纪40年代之后，就很少有人通过这里。镇上的人传言林中有一个凶恶变态的老头，许多起失踪案都和他有关。这条路俨然成为小镇上的禁区，而世代居住这里的哈特利家族则成为最大嫌疑人。 高中生德里克•卢卡斯（ Andrew Seeley 饰）和母亲（Wendy Anderson 饰）以及尚就读小学的弟弟托比（Nicholas Elia 饰）搬到了外婆所在的这个小镇。开朗的德里克很快结识了丽莎（Shannon Woodward 饰）等一众好友，并迷上了性感美丽的同校女生克莉斯蒂（Shannon Woodward 饰）。某天，托比被同学哄骗走入捷径，血淋淋的死狗和阴森的老头令他闻风丧胆。见到弟弟惶恐的样子，德里克火冒三丈，他从同学口中得知了小镇的传言，好奇且愤怒的他决心闯入丛林一探究竟……