In West Berlin, 18-year-old delinquent Dave Balko (Dave Balko) is serving a prison sentence for motorcycle theft. Desperate and feeling abandoned by his gang and his girlfriend Corinna (Brigitte Wöllner), Dave escapes from custody, killing a man during his break out. On the run from the law through the urban concrete wilderness of West Berlin, Dave attempts to reconnect with Corinna and his former criminal circle, only to be met with betrayal, indifference, and a downward spiral into nihilistic violence and self-destruction.