After spending his adolescent in and out of foster care, Leon goes home to care for his alcoholic mother and adjust to adult life after growing up in foster care. Leon takes consolation in the boxing ring after becoming disillusioned with his lack of education and gloomy financial prospects. Later, he meets Twiggy, a rebellious and gorgeous young woman who is living in abandoned buildings in order to escape her family's heartless luxury. Although there are murmurings of rioting in the streets, Leon must decide whether to fight alongside his friends or to seek a new life with Twiggy as the violence spreads throughout the city.