It has been four years since the events of the first movie. Seventeen-year-old Sean Anderson is caught by the police after a brief chase on his Motorcycle which ends with him driving into a swimming pool while trying to evade them. Minutes later, his partner Hank Parsons arrives when a police officer, who is friends with Hank tells him that Sean has illegally broken into a remote satellite research center and that he has talked Mr. and Mrs. McGillicutty (the owners of the swimming pool) out of pressing charges. Hank takes Sean home where his mother Elizabeth is not pleased with his actions and is unhappy that he and Hank don't get along well.