When the President is implicated in a sex scandal weeks before the next election, the White House needs to create some serious spin on the incident. Hollywood's best producer is called in to create a diversion-- so he produces a war to distract the public's attention.
Tom Stall becomes a local hero after killing two criminals intent on robbing his diner in small-town Indiana and leaving no witnesses, but Tom's past is called into question when the media hype attracts three mobsters who insist they have an old score to settle with the quiet family man.
On the first day at a new school, fifth grader Billy goes up against the school bully and ends up accepting a dare to eat some worms. With each worm he eats, Billy moves closer to shifting the balance of power within the class.