1999, Claremont, California. Middle-class kids, in their 20s, talk trash, wave guns, hang out in a pack. Johnny Truelove, drug dealer and son of a underworld figure, threatens Jake Mazursky, an explosive head case who owes Johnny money; Jake responds by breaking into Johnny's house. On impulse, Johnny and a couple pals kidnap Jake's 15-year-old brother, Zach. Zach's okay with it, figuring his brother will pay the debt soon. Johnny assigns his buddy Frankie to be Zach's minder, and they develop a brotherly friendship. Zach parties with his captors as things begin to spin out of control. Group think, amorality, and fear of prison assert a hold on the pack. Is Zach in danger? Alpha Dog - A Question About Who is the Daddy。绑架，似乎是场游戏。其实我不懂～～。《阿尔法狗》：被枪杀的友情。绑架不是游戏!。迷途的路旁总是开满了鲜花。死之前至少破处了。丢掉了灵魂还有什么事不能做。老掉牙的噱头。the cool stuff and shit。 约翰尼（埃米尔·赫斯基 Emile Hirsch 饰）年纪轻轻却是洛杉矶圣加布里埃尔山谷一代赫赫有名的毒贩头子，花着靠贩毒得来的不义之财，约翰尼和自己的一帮弟兄们活得自在又滋润。一日，约翰尼和朋友驾车兜风，偶然遇到了名叫扎克（安东·尤金 Anton Yelchin 饰）的男孩，扎克是杰克（本·福斯特 Ben Foster 饰）的弟弟，杰克欠了约翰尼一大笔钱，于是，半真半假的，约翰尼“绑架”了扎克。 和约翰尼在一起的日子里，扎克过得并不像一个“人质”，他自己也乐得自在，哪知道，扎克不明真相的母亲奥莉薇娅（莎朗·斯通 Sharon Stone 饰）依然处在了崩溃的边缘。随着时间的推移，事态的发展逐渐脱离了约翰尼的掌控，他发现在不知不觉之间，自己竟然成为了众矢之的。
