Stupid crooks hold the only copy of a youth's movie for ransom while his father's away in Africa staging a wrestling-based coup.

After his father disappeared during a mass shooting on Christmas Day the year before, precocious 10-year-old Jesse Genesis creates a "12 Days of Christmas List" of tasks. He believes that If he completes them all, including becoming

Chasing his dream, Anton leaves his aunt's home in Harlem for downtown New York City, where a quick-witted street hustler named Wes cons him out of his life savings. Homeless and empty-handed, Matthew, a street musician stalled in...