When his sister is kidnapped and held hostage for $2,000,000 that his father doesn’t have, Avery (Henry Thomas) turns desperate. So he and his buddies concoct a bold and suicidal scheme — abduct retired mob boss Charlie Bartolucci (Christopher Walken), hide out in their uptight friend Ira’s (Johnny Galecki) house while his folks are out of town, and force Bartolucci to use his contacts to find and save the Avery’s sister. Amused by his fledgling captors, the seasoned mobster agrees to help them… but not before he cautions them that the guilty party might be right under their noses.