Twelve-year-old Shaun is a tough kid who is street-smart beyond his years despite being short for his age. He falls in with a group of older boys led by Woody who hang out at a local cafe like to commit minor acts of anarchy and adopt Shaun as one of their own. But when skinhead Combo gets out of jail he returns to the gang eager to take over the reins and lead them on a nationalistic battle to get rid of the immigrants who are stealing their jobs and is prepared to defend England to the death.