A failed, recluse director, Max, moves from New York City to a small seaside town after his wife's death       He struggles with his parental role over his son       Eddie, meanwhile, is becoming increasingly involved in the not-so-underground culture of drugs, promiscuous sex, and gang violence that lies there      　　The chasm between them seems to be growing despite Max's best efforts       Max jogs in the mornings and routinely passes a psychic       She spontaenously predicts that one night a serial killer will attack Eddie on the beach      　　Eddie is sampling various drugs with his friend, Smiley, and having unprotected sex       He ignores the advice of his father as a rule and seems beyond hope of redemption in the eyes of mainstream society       He shows potential for betterment when he prevents the murder of a rival gang member       Max saves Eddie from the serial killer