Nick McKenna (Burt Reynolds) is a tough, fearless, solitary and resentful cop from Florida. After his partner dies in an operation to apprehend drugs, he takes the responsibility of the tragedy. Devon Butler (Norman D. Golden II) is an 8-year-old kid who is obsessed with cop-movies and dreams of becoming a policeman some day. One day, while snooping around in a warehouse, Devon witnesses a murder & goes to the police, but he refuses to give them information it unless they make him a cop. They team him up with McKenna and together, they team up in a comical series of events to find the killer.