A sellout crowd attends a benefit concert in the Richmond district performed by rock singer Ellen Aim and the Attackers. Suddenly, a motorcycle gang called the Bombers rushes the stage and Raven, the leader, abducts Ellen on his motorcycle. At a nearby city diner, the Road Masters gang threatens Reva Cody, a waitress, who attended the benefit concert, and the gang leader challenges Tom Cody, Reva’s younger brother, to a knife fight, and Tom hurls the gang members out the diner window. After the fight, Tom takes Reva for a ride in his gleaming, new stolen convertible. She suggests that Tom rescue his old girl friend Ellen, but Tom thinks it is a job for Ellen’s current boyfriend, Billy Fish, who is also her manager. At the Blackhawk bar, McCoy, a female patron, demands another drink, while Tom talks to his friend Clyde, the bartender. When Clyde asks McCoy to leave, she punches the bartender in the face, steals a bottle of Tequila and invites Tom to join her. Tom and McCoy find they have a lot in common. She is a retired military mechanic and worked in the motor pool, and he is a retired soldier. Later, McCoy spends the night on Reva’s couch, where she hides her gun in the upholstery. Before Tom retires, he gazes at a worn photograph of Ellen that he keeps in his wallet, and informs his sister that if he and Billy can strike a deal, he will rescue Ellen. Tom buys stolen, custom weapons, and Billy agrees to pay Tom $10,000 and offers to accompany Tom around The Battery, a tough part of town where Ellen is being held hostage. When McCoy wants to join the rescue team, Tom agrees to pay her a cut of his fee. As they drive to The Battery, an area Billy knows well, Billy thinks that the Bombers are holding Ellen at a club called Torchie’s. There, Raven has bound and gagged Ellen to a bed in the back of the club, and informs her that if she agrees to a quick affair, he will release her in two weeks, but she refuses. A homeless man tells Tom, Billy and McCoy that Ellen is being held prisoner on the second floor of Torchie’s. Tom instructs Billy to drive the car to the club’s front entrance in fifteen minutes, then orders McCoy to check out the club while he looks for Ellen. A Bomber gang member invites McCoy upstairs to party, but when he takes her to an empty room, she knocks him unconscious with her gun. Then, McCoy breaks up Raven’s card game. Meanwhile, a shot from Tom’s rifle on the roof encases one motorcycle rider in flames. After Tom sets several other explosions that empty the club, Tom frees Ellen but instructs McCoy, Ellen and Billy to meet him at Grand Street while he stays behind to create more diversions. Afterward, Tom steals a motorcycle as Raven vows his revenge. Billy wants to leave The Battery; however, Ellen will not go until Tom is safe. McCoy tells Billy that Tom and Ellen used to be lovers, while Billy reveals to Ellen that Tom is a mercenary, who was paid good money to find her. Tom reunites with his friends, and announces he has to get rid of his car. He accuses Ellen of having put her career before their relationship, but she blames Tom of running away, joining the military, and disappearing for two years. The rescue gang hijacks a tour bus from an African-American boy band called the Sorels. When the band recognizes Ellen, they ask if they can be her opening act. Billy warns Tom that Ellen is no longer interested in him. The Sorels entertain Ellen and Billy with their doo-wop singing until they are stopped at a police checkpoint. Tom firebombs the patrol cars, and McCoy confiscates the officers’ weapons. Tom and the others leave the bus to catch a train. Later, Raven asks for a meeting with the Richmond police, and vows that the gang fighting will stop if the force surrenders Tom. Later, a police officer orders Tom to leave town before trouble starts again, so he visits Billy and Ellen to collect his money. After Billy hands Tom the $10,000, Tom informs Ellen that he is no longer in love with her. Tom takes $1,000 to pay McCoy and returns the rest of the money. Ellen cries that she had no choice but to get on with her life when Tom disappeared and he kisses her, provoking Ellen’s decision to leave town with Tom. Meanwhile, Tom asks McCoy for her help on another job. He knocks Ellen unconscious with a punch and tells McCoy to hide her. He announces his plans to go back to the Bombers to take care of unfinished business. Instead, the Richmond police set up a meeting between Tom, Raven, and the Bombers under the elevated train tracks. Raven arrives with a small army of motorcycle gang members, while Tom surfaces with an armed gang of his own neighborhood thugs. Tom and Raven are given identical rock hammers but the warfare turns into a fistfight after Raven drops his hammer. Tom overpowers Raven and he collapses. The police arrest Raven and life returns to normal as the Sorels open for Ellen’s next concert. As Tom and Billy watch the show from the wings, Billy announces he is prepared to step aside if Tom and Ellen reunite, but Tom responds that Ellen needs Billy, who is more reliable. In the wings, Tom reminds Ellen that he is not the kind of guy who will carry her guitars around, but he will always be there for her and kisses her goodbye. Tom leaves the theater as McCoy pulls up in Tom’s convertible. She offers him a ride, but when he hints that they might have a future together, McCoy reminds him that he is not her type.