Based on real events, Larry Clark's film tells the story of a group of Florida teenagers who murder one of their number & dump his body in the Everglades. Marty (Brad Renfro) & Bobby (Nick Stahl) have been been hanging around together since they were young kids, with Bobby continually bullying & victimising Marty, both physically & mentally. Things begin to change when Marty starts seeing Lisa (Rachel Miner); she encourages him to break with Bobby & says that she will help him out. When Bobby then rapes both Lisa & her friend Ali (Bijou Phillips), they decide that the only way they can be free of Bobby is to kill him.