Thursday, December 11, 2008

What Doesn't Kill You

Director: Brian Goodman

Genre: Drama, Crime

Release Date: December 12, 2008 (U.S.)

Duration: 100 minutes

Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke, Amanda Peet, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Goodman

Overview: Brian and Paulie are two young punks running loose on the hard disk streets of South Boston. From different but equally broken homes, kids bond makes them brothers. They do whatever it takes to survive, living by the code of your dog eats dog neighborhood. As Brian and Paulie get older, lesser crimes and misdemeanors grow into the most serious crimes. Finally, fall under the influence of organized crime boss Pat Kelly, who runs the criminal backroom companies and illicit trade in Southie. They also are the targets of unwanted attention of Detective Moran, one of the best in Boston. Brian and, in particular, is lost in the haze of drugs and rebellion. Even the love I have for her Stacy wife and their children is not enough to redeem him. Over time, the friends are in prison - only a part of doing business in the mean streets they call home. Brian and Paulie are incarcerated long enough to learn some lessons, but that lead to changed life on the outside? A storm is brewing problems: Paulie has big plans to release his life of crime - Only one more, one last robbery - a bold and potentially violent robbery in daylight. However, Brian has used his time in prison for amending your family and get clean. Paulie when he reaches for help, Brian must face the biggest challenge to its code of honor that he can imagine: stand by your friend or save his family - can not do both.

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