During one night s patrol, veteran cop (Thomas Jane)and his rookie partner (Luke Kleintank) chase down violent suspects while searching for a missing girl all the while hunting two cop killers in Los Angeles.

After his girlfriend (Amanda Wyss) ditches him for a boorish ski jock, Lane (John Cusack) decides that suicide is the only answer. However, his increasingly inept attempts bring him only more agony and embarrassment. Filled with the wildest teen nightmares, a family you can't help but identify with and a host of wonderful comic characters, Savage Steve Holland's writing/directorial debut is a masterful look at those painfully funny teen years. (1985) Running time 97 minutes.