 After years of petty theft "missions", Chuck, a tunneled vision bum who was discharged by the military after he drove home in a tank, comes up with a plan to pull off his biggest "mission" yet - The Big One. He picks the best men he can get from a click of bums on L.A. s Venice Beach boardwalk: Winston, a proud ex-socialist, Pookie, a stuttering, dim-wit street performer, and Manduke - a junkie with a twisted sense of humor. Led by Chuck s tour-de-force personality and driven by their own agendas, the crew sets off to execute his extravagant, high-concept plan to rob a heavily-guarded supermarket...