Plot synopsis

Plot synopsis

An adolescent teen who has had a rough upbringing finds himself in a life of crime & violence after a series of unfortunate events. He has always had it tough from a young age-his dad dying, leaving just him and his distant widowed Mother, he’s been a victim of bullying and being picked on for most of his school days and now his Mother has found a new partner, she no longer has the time for him anymore, with his mother becoming increasingly distant , the bullying and his Father’s death all becoming too much, the boy stumbles across a group of people who claim that they can help him feel a sense of belonging again, little does he know that he is now entering a life of crime and violence, for a short time they make him feel happy, as if he’s made some friends that finally care about him and can make him feel that sense of belonging that he’s never had, but in the long term, his new found lifestyle leads to things only getting worse; he finds himself without  a home after his distant Mother abandons him to leave with her new partner who has no time for kids, leaving him nothing but a note behind. Now left with almost nothing, his destructive lifestyle goes from bad to worse when the people who he thought were his friends begin to threaten him with violence so he will do things that he doesn’t want to do. The violence becomes a reality after he loses a significant amount of money that they had received from one of their criminal activities. His new ‘Friends’ discover from this that he is weak and and not very strong-willed so they begin to exploit this through hostile threats and insults and manipulate him into thinking that he's their friend. One day, the boy comes across a girl who used to go to his school, a quiet girl who he didn’t know very well but they were both mildly acquainted, she sees that he is in a state and offers him some support, comfort and sympathy for him. But he insists that he is fine, though her suspicions grow and he ends up telling her all about his dire situation. The pair become very close and the boy doesn’t see his new ‘friends’ very often anymore, then one day, after weeks of not seeing or communicating with them, him and the girl come across the group, she attempts to reason with them, but they take the boy away to a derelict location and this time it’s serious. The girl follows them from a distance and when it dawns on her what his going to happen she informs the police. When the group can hear the sound of sirens while  the boy is being savagely beaten, they scarper and the boy is not troubled by them again. The girl allows him to stay with her family for a short while and offers a lot of support. But the boy’s past his something he will never forget.