California teen Anita Minteer struggles in the face of an absentee mother, her mom's abusive boyfriend, Rooney, and a lack of respect from her classmates. This all changes when a pen-pal school project connects her with convict Howard. Anita secures Howard's parole and violently squares off against Rooney after he rapes her. Soon enough, the gun-crazy teen is on the run with Howard, with his parole officer in pursuit.

• Zeta Entertainment
• First Look Pictures
• Drew Barrymore
• James Le Gros
• Billy Drago
• Rodney Harvey
• Joe Dallesandro
• Michael Ironside
• Robert Greenberg
• Jeremy Davies