Carrie White is a shy young girl who doesn't make friends easily. After her classmates taunt her about her horrified reaction to her totally unexpected first period one of them takes pity on her and gets Tommy Ross, her boyfriend and class hunk to invite Carrie to the senior prom. Meanwhile another girl who has been banned from the prom for her continued aggressive behavior is not as forgiving...

A retired Irish boxer (Orlando Bloom) returns to the ring for one last shot at the title but only if he makes weight. Holed up in a room in Las Vegas he embarks on an intensive, illegal weight-cut program with an unscrupulous trainer.