Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a rite of passage and respect is measured in vengeance.
Sean Penn
as Mick O'Brien
Reni Santoni
as Ramon Herrera
Jim Moody
as Gene Daniels
Eric Gurry
as Horowitz
Esai Morales
as Paco Moreno
Ally Sheedy
as J. C. Walenski
Clancy Brown
as Viking Lofgren
Robert Lee Rush
as Tweety
John Zenda
as Wagner
Tony Mockus Jr.
as Warden Bendix
Alan Ruck
as Carl Brennan
Erik Barefield
as Terrell
