Frank is a married man with a recently born baby. That means it is time for him to settle down and forget about going out with the guys to have a good time. After all, his wife is stuck home with the baby, so why shouldn't he be forced to stay home too? Instead of doing the right thing, however, he goes out with his three bachelor friends to see a boxing match, and for this sin he must pay. But if Frank must be punished for leaving the little lady at home with the baby, we know that his friend Ray is going to get the cinematic death penalty, because he has a pistol stashed in his RV.
They get stuck in traffic and take a shortcut through the Chicago slums, see a man murdered, and must flee from the killers who don't want any witnesses. Since the police seem to have abandoned this part of town, we find it hard to understand what the killers are worried about. Fortunately, they are worried, because that means the rest of the movie consists of the four friends being chased through the slums or trying to take a stand and fight back.
With few exceptions, if a civilian in a movie has a gun that he bought himself, he must die, and that is what happens to Ray. However, civilians are allowed to use a gun effectively if they did not buy it themselves, but either someone else buys it for them or they opportunistically pick up the gun of the person who owned it, and that is what happens here. Ray's friends pick up his gun and use it to fight the killers.
Frank manages to survive the evening, but he has learned his lesson, vowing to stay home with the wife and baby from now on.
They get stuck in traffic and take a shortcut through the Chicago slums, see a man murdered, and must flee from the killers who don't want any witnesses. Since the police seem to have abandoned this part of town, we find it hard to understand what the killers are worried about. Fortunately, they are worried, because that means the rest of the movie consists of the four friends being chased through the slums or trying to take a stand and fight back.
With few exceptions, if a civilian in a movie has a gun that he bought himself, he must die, and that is what happens to Ray. However, civilians are allowed to use a gun effectively if they did not buy it themselves, but either someone else buys it for them or they opportunistically pick up the gun of the person who owned it, and that is what happens here. Ray's friends pick up his gun and use it to fight the killers.
Frank manages to survive the evening, but he has learned his lesson, vowing to stay home with the wife and baby from now on.