Berlin-Gropiustadt in the record summer of 2003: the parks stink of dog shit, broken glass everywhere, drug dealers at every corner. Anyone who lives here is either a gangster or a victim. Lukas, Gino and Julius are such victims. No money for the swimming pool, no luck in love and nothing but stress at home. As they try to buy weed in the park, they get caught between rival dealers. They beat up Lukas and demand 500 euros in protection money. How is Lukas supposed to find the money? His new classmate Sanchez has an idea: simply break into the school, drag the new computers out of storage and sell them. Then they will be rid of all their money worries. The plan succeeds. Almost.