Framed for computer fraud, 18-year-old
computer wizard Leon escapes from a detention centre. Determined
to prove his innocence, he sets out to trap Lawrence McNiece
(Bruce Payne), the man responsible for his conviction - and
for the crime itself.
McNiece is the security programmer
for CHAPS, the powerful computer system that controls billions
in financial transactions every day.
Leon enlists the help of Fast Eddie,
a wild, streetwise young girl who has a valuable talent: she's
the fastest video game player Leon has ever seen.
Together, they find the third member
of their team - Freak, a 14-year-old computer hacker who creates
a brilliant program than can crack the secrets of CHAPS -
to extract a cool ten million from its accounts.
Love, jealousy and conflicting loyalties
threaten to destroy their carefully-laid plans as the story
races on to an astonishing, triple-twist climax.