When a lawyer's (Kevin Kline) car breaks down in a dangerous Los Angeles neighbourhood, a tow-truck driver (Danny Glover) arrives just in time to save his life. The two men begin a deep friendship that sets of a chain of unsettling and surprising events involving their families for years to come. Lawrence Kasdan's powerful uplifting film about the harsh realities of contumacy urban life co-stars Steve Martin, Mary McDonnell, Mary Louise Parker and Alfre Woodard.