Corey (Fred Savage) refuses to let his emotionally troubled younger brother Jimmy (Luke Edwards) be institutionalized, and the two run away together. They soon join forces with a glamorous woman (Jenny Lewis), who finds Jimmy has a special talent: he is really a"magician" at game titles plus will achieve the highscore on absolutely everything he plays. Evading their parents and also a black bounty hunter, the trio go to get a climactic showdown at the federal video game championships in California.