Toby Kellogg (Jason Bateman) is off to summer music camp. It's not going well but his band is blowing up. He decides to run home and see his girlfriend Megan Lawrence (Chynna Phillips). His businessman father (Tom Skerritt) had uncovered that his company is laundering mafia money and turned states evidence. The family is going into witness protection but the police misses Toby at the camp. Both the cops and the mob are after him. Dobbins (John Glover) is the lead Justice Department agent.
The police should be saying that Toby is in danger to all his friends. It's like they've never dealt with teenagers. No kid is going to talk to the cops unless there is a good reason. They aren't going to rat him out for no reason. Second, Toby is being dumb although I put that down to him being a teenager. He needs a good reason to stay away from the cops. The danger is only there because he's being an idiot. Anyways, it's more compelling to follow the story from Toby's point of view. The audience should not be ahead of him in this case. As a TV movie, this is better than most and it's not a lesson-of-the-week type teen movie.
The police should be saying that Toby is in danger to all his friends. It's like they've never dealt with teenagers. No kid is going to talk to the cops unless there is a good reason. They aren't going to rat him out for no reason. Second, Toby is being dumb although I put that down to him being a teenager. He needs a good reason to stay away from the cops. The danger is only there because he's being an idiot. Anyways, it's more compelling to follow the story from Toby's point of view. The audience should not be ahead of him in this case. As a TV movie, this is better than most and it's not a lesson-of-the-week type teen movie.