12-year-old Mully has lost his mother and discovers his debt-ridden father stealing the charity money they've raised in her name. Grabbing the cash, Mully steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy, in the back seat with a baby. A straight-talking solicitor who didn't expect to get pregnant, Joy is struggling with motherhood and planning to give her baby to a friend who will raise the child as her own. She joins Mully on a wild journey across Ireland, stealing cars, hitch-hiking, catching ferries and breaking police barricades.

La película trata sobre un héroe que es un agente de seguros que también es un ladrón de coches. Roba coches sólo a ladrones y nunca a la gente buena; para luego vender esos mismos coches robados y darle todo el dinero a la caridad. Su mejor amigo es un policía que está trabajando en esos robos.Sátira del cine negro americano.

Luke (Robert Sheehan) y Malachy (Rupert Grint) son dos grandes amigos de Belfast que se llevan estupendamente, a pesar de sus diferentes clases sociales. Pero cuando la chispeante Michelle (Kimberley Nixon) entra en escena, todo empieza a cambiar...

A lousy thief steals a car being washed in a gas station. Unfortunately for him, the owner of the vehicle has unsuspected physical resources.