sentences:  Although the film is told in non-chronological order, the following synopsis tells the plot of the film in order.Alex, a 16-year-old skateboarder, rides a freight train clandestinely with a man named Scratch whom he has just met at the Eastside Skatepark, known as "Paranoid Park".While the train is moving a security guard notices the pair, chases after them, and tries to get them off by hitting Scratch with his flashlight.