UCLAcollegestudentJonathanMoore(AnthonyEdwards)isplayingagamecalled"Gotcha"(popularonmid-1980scollegecampusesas"Assassin"or"Tag"),whereintheplayersareallassignedamock"hit"onanotherplayerbyuseofaharmlesspaintballgun.MooreandhisapartmentroommateManologoonavacationtoParis,France.AftertouringsomeofParis,inacafeMooremeet..ddd