Meet Rocco Samson, a handsome, smart-ass seventeen-year-old with a penchant for rebellion. He's a good kid at heart, but Mark, his uncle who happens to be his age, takes him on wild adventures that push the boundaries of what's acceptable. Krist, his father, is strict with high expectations from his eldest, fearful that his son will go down the same dark path that he had taken as a young man leading to constant butting of heads between the two. Meanwhile, Rocco's older cousin Victor Hernandez is a hardworking young father who struggles with his troubled past. Despite his efforts to change for the better, the skeletons in his closet continue to haunt him. Victor vows to make a good life for his son, refusing to succumb to the streets the way his father and older brother had. Will these young man break the cycle of addiction, violence and poor choices of will the become another statistic?