In 1981, three mechanics from Zaragoza, Alfonso, Jorge, and Gabi, overwhelmed by debt and after months of unemployment, decide to kidnap the league's top scorer, Enrique Castro "Quini," the FC Barcelona striker. They demand 100 million pesetas in exchange for his release. But they soon discover, the hard way, that life isn't like the movies. And that being bad, when you're good, isn't easy at all.