"Ekaj" (Jake Mestre) is a naive, handsome, young man who arrives in New York City full of optimism but precious little else. He's not on the streets long before he realises that it's an harsh and hostile place for a penniless man to live. Fortunately he encounters the savvy "Mecca" (Badd Idea) who takes him under his wing. "Mecca" has AIDS, drinks fairly constantly and engages in petty larceny to pay the bills. Meantime, "Ekaj" adores the brute that is "Johnny" (Scooter LaForge) who regularly treats (and beats) him like dirt, but his association with his new friend is beginning to make him…