Stephen Payne

In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.

A normal Friday service at a fast food restaurant becomes interrupted by a police officer who claims an employee stole from a customer, but something more sinister is going on.

3 men rob a place. Hayden is killed, Johnny is wounded and does 5 years prison, and Patty leaves with the money and sees Hayden's sister. When Johnny is released, he goes straight and wants a boxing career.

A failed boxer (Leguizamo) struggles to find a job and an apartment for his family on Christmas Eve.