Alex Wolff stars as Tom, a scholarship student desperate to break free from his working-class background who is charmed by the prestigious KNA fraternity's promises of high social status and door-opening alumni connections. But after he begins a romance with Annabelle (Halle Bailey), a classmate outside his social circle, and the manipulative schemes of his fraternity president (Lewis Pullman) unfold while bullying new members, Tom finds himself caught in a dangerous game of ambition and loyalty.