Louis Gossett, Jr. is a boss-con. A new prisoner, Blair Underwood, is revealed as his long-lost son. When Underwood is released from jail, the parole board stipulates that Gossett live with him. Gossett gets a job as a car mechanic, and falls in with Rae Dawn Chong. Underwood falls in with his old criminal buddies, who decide to rob the dealership where Chong and Gossett work. Underwood gets cold feet, and the gang turns on him. Gossett stops a bullet meant for his son, who then builds a relationship with the daughter he never knew he had.