Brian (Ruffalo) and his childhood pal Paulie (Hawke) have been doing low-end work for local South Boston hood Pat (Goodman) for years. Paulie is impatient to break away for more lucrative work, but the married Brian has become a drug addict and Pat knows how to keep him in line. A prison stint has Brian trying to go straight but he's terrified at the changes surrounding him. Especially good performances from leads Ruffalo and Hawke though the story may seem familiar.
Mark Ruffallo is stupendous zerocool at 2009-05-17 03:43:26
The movie has a regular script of a struggling man in the gangsters world. However Mark Ruffallo did a stupendous job here. He made the movie worth watching. Ethan Hawke too was pretty good here.