In the beginning, teens are listening to music in a car, the driver kisses a girl next to him, and when he looks up a semi hits them head on. Very sudden and shocking. The destroyed car is shown. Everyone in the car is killed.
A group of young men attempt to crash a dance, but are stopped by four others. A somewhat intense brawl ensues, with punching, kicking, and a few of them being knocked unconscious. A grown man ends the fight by punching one of the young men in the face.
A teenage girl gets angry with her boyfriend and punches him a few times; he then grabs her and throws her to the ground. After he gets back in his truck, she grabs a crowbar and starts smashing his truck's headlights and windshield. He gets out and slaps her in the face, knocking her to the ground, and then drives away. She is later shown with a black eye and a cut on her lip.
A man suddenly slaps his daughter.
There's a rather intense scene involving a bus race. One bus catches on fire and slams into another, resulting in an explosion. A few characters receive minor injuries.
A teenager gets very angry and is shown letting off steam by dancing, throwing things, and knocking things over. He swears and yells quite a bit during this scene.
A young woman stands in front of an oncoming train; she is pushed out of the way at the last second.
A teenage boy is punched in the face and knocked unconscious by a man who is then cracked over the head with a bottle. The teenager is later shown with a bloody nose.
Teenagers standing up to their parents and other adults is one a major theme. Some younger characters are shown talking back to, lying to, and sometimes yelling at adult authority figures.
References are made to a woman dying of cancer.