Fifteen hoodlum Jimmy Hopkins comes to the academy Bulvort boarding school with a very dubious reputation. In its walls to the young hero to be more than a sip of teenage pleasures with all its consequences.
Racket, complex relationships with the girls, violent scuffles with the seniors, the machinations of my classmates, the excitement of sports, difficulty with exams shkolyarskaya life is full of thrills, especially in the worst Academy of New England.

Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life.

John Singleton s portrayal of social problems in inner-city Los Angeles takes the form of a tale of three friends growing up together in the hood. Half-brothers Doughboy and Ricky Baker are foils for each other s personality, presenting very different approaches to the tough lives they face. Ricky is the All-American athlete, looking to win a football scholarship to USC and seeks salvation through sports, while Dough succumbs to the violence, alcohol, and crime surrounding him in his environment, but maintains a strong sense of pride and code of honor. Between these two is their friend Tre, who is lucky to have a father, Furious Styles, to teach him to have the strength of character to do what is right and to always take responsibility for his actions.