Mikey Vincent is your typical teenager, who's convinced he's a veteran from the Vietnam war. Haunted by "shell shock" he has a tough time adapting to modern day society and can't let the memories of the war go. After accidentally stopping a purse mugger, Mikey gets kidnapped by the Cappelletti crime family the purse mugger works for and is brought in to interrogation at the families racquet club. There in interrogation he meets another "Nam Veteran" John J. Rainbow and together with the help of the youngest Cappelletti son, Antonio, who doesn't believe in his families business, they fight for their lives and escape the evil clutches of The Boss.