Ty Hector and Bao are close friends in a tough section of Boston where they're called "the PG-13 crew." They're 14 decent kids with few skills who've bailed out of school. A small gang of older tough guys led by Marcus and Tommy menace them and when the PG-13s fight back and rob one of the gang Marcus and Tommy vow to kill them. They seek protection from Derick a drug dealer who agrees to help if they'll sell drugs. Meanwhile Ty is recruited to work at a community center by J.J. its quiet leader. Ty and his friends are in a squeeze: surrounded by violence drugs and no opportunities is there any way out?