Martins Day 1985 Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert grabs a twelve year old as hostage He proves to be named Martin, too, a quiet good little boy always obeying the rules, whom life has given only dismal loneliness and frustration in return Soon he begins to admire Stech for his cheeky pranks against society and his desperate mission to make dreams come true In a climactic moment, he chooses to stay with the man even though he could run away Via hijacks and hijinx, they flee to the idyllic peace of the older Martins childhood home, a cabin on a lake But the police are close behind, impatient and trigger happy