Brendan Ward

A young man just released from prison and living with his sister crosses paths with two children, also brother and sister, who are on the run from their child pornographer foster parents.

Un cadete (Timothy Hutton) incita a sus compañeros a la rebelión con el fin de impedir que las autoridades conviertan la Academia donde estudian en un complejo de apartamentos. Su padre adoptivo, que es también el Comandante de la Academia (George C. Scott), apoya su lucha. Pero cuando un accidente inesperado provoca el cierre de la Academia, la disciplina militar se desbarata, con inesperadas consecuencias.

The unfulfilled dreams of his parents and the tensions created at home cause life to become a nightmare for a youngster who seeks release in a withdrawal to his own world.