Desperate to escape the bleak future that society has decreed for him, charismatic Steve Jones convinces Malcolm McLaren to manage his band, The Swankers. But Steve discovers that his “Cloak of Invisibility” cannot shield him from the audience’s gaze.

As Steve grasps his final chance and attempts to learn guitar in five days, a fury named Johnny Rotten arrives on the scene and the Sex Pistols are born.