Paul W.S. Anderson's 1994 film suggests there is no society any more, only individuals. In a Britain of the near future, gangs of wild youths walk the streets of a nameless city, their numbers swelled by car thief Billy (Jude Law) - addicted to stealing cars and recently freed from prison - and his friend Jo (Sadie Frost), who upgrade their stolen vehicle and elude the police.
Reunited with friends Monkey and BeBop, the young thieves rebuild an alliance. But Billy has made powerful enemies while in prison, including police chief Conway and psychotic gangster Tommy. Billy ram raids a shop Tommy had targeted and leads the police into an ambush. Tommy fights back, trashing Billy's home and coaxing him into accepting a risky challenge: rob the supposedly impregnable Retail Land site or go back to prison.
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