J.J. Cooney (Estevez) is an immensely talented video game player and arcade game hustler, alongside his friend Zock Maxwell (Billy Jayne).
The two of them head into an inner-city arcade to challenge a gang of Hispanic players to a few rounds of Pleiades, offering the winner a dollar per game with a five game minimum.
After a few games, one of the gang members recognizes J.J., and tells the others that they are getting hustled, prompting J.J. and Zock to escape.