The story takes a while to get going and not until Brian is wounded does the action of the story pick up. There is an unexpected twist at the end, which holds a nice surprise.
To get to that point, however, most of the movie is attempts by the main characters to try to get crime to pay through threats, stealing, and extortion. There is much foul language and violence and depicted drug use. A lot of movies have pulled off similar tricks, but here I can't think of a single thing that this adds to the story. The rest of the movie is told in a linear style so just by switching things around this I think this movie would have had a better reception than it's currently obscure status.
Two friends grow up together on the mean streets of south Boston, They both end up in criminality , But when one decide to give up the lifestyle, He finds it a lot tougher than he thought , True life drama with another top performance from Mark Ruffalo. I actually really enjoyed this film.
I knew nothing about it going in and from the title and poster I expected a trashy action movie, and I was fortunately wrong. Both Ethan Hawke and Mark Ruffalo are amazing here, as always. The score is unexpectedly very good, and I like the editting a lot. The main problem I have with this movie is its length, and I actually think this film should have been longer. The story Brian tries to tell us is very powerful, especially when you learn it's his own life story.
The problem is all the processes and the path Brian is going through in this movie feel very rushed, its end feels like the end of…. Letterboxd is an independent service created by a small team, and we rely mostly on the support of our members to maintain our site and apps. Where to watch Trailer. Every choice has a consequence.
Director Brian Goodman. Robert Hoffman. Storyline Edit. An armored car is robbed by three men. A passing police officer and one of the robbers exchange fire. The robber is Paulie. In a flashback we follow him and his closest friend, Brian, as they grow up together in South Boston. They're tough guys, thugs, doing jobs for the local boss and chaffing to do more.
Paulie's the leader. Brian drinks too much and free bases, ignoring his wife and two young boys. Life-changing events lead him to try to go straight, look for work, take what comes his way, and go to A.
He struggles. Paulie shows him the plans for the armored car job. Will they do it? Is crime his only skill? Everyone has a choice. Every choice has a consequence. Rated R for language, drug use, some violence and brief sexuality.
Did you know Edit. Trivia The movie is based on Brian Goodman 's own life up to the mid s. Goofs In the scene where they were scoping out the armored truck, they start the car to follow it. It follows the story of Brian and Paulie: two friends who grow up as criminals. The pair exhibit little control over their lives, a problem exacerbated by Brian's dalliances with crack and booze. Goodman, the director, doesn't push sympathy here, he just underlines the vulnerability, especially when Brian seizes a jailhouse opportunity to rebuild his life through proper channels of employment and domestic respect.
Hawke nails his provocateur moments with silver-toothed allure, and Peet gives a standard wifely plea role some needed hurt, but Ruffalo conveys colossal turmoil with minimal showmanship. It was a good diversion while helping my best friend to deal with the side effects of the titration process required for baclofen the medication to stop drinking he was prescribed.
Unlike disulfiram, also known by the brand name Antabuse which makes you sick as a dog if you ingest even the smallest amount of alcohol, baclofen's action on the GABA receptors in the brain may help lessen cravings and withdrawal symptoms for alcohol.
But my buddy didn't want to go the route of rehab and 12 step abstinance programs. He refused taking disulfiram, so here we were watching "What Doesn't Kill You" while his dosage of baclofen was slowly being increased until he reached the point hopefully where he no longer had any cravings for alcohol. As it seems with all drugs, Baclofen use has been associated with certain side effects.
My friend had initially experienced fatigue and sleepiness. As his dosage increased he was now experiencing insomia. So we were up in the wee hours of the night watching movies. The films plays loose like jazz, wandering around rooted South Boston locations built on criminal whim, gathering atmosphere to embroider the characterization and harvest enthralling, unexpected angles of tension.
And was perfect for an evening of entertainment. Update on my firend: The baclofen has worked remarkably well. Once the med's doasage stablized, he no longer has out of control alcoholbinge cravings. He was lucky to stop his downward spiral. I just got back from the NY premier and was fortunate enough to hear Brian speak about it afterwards.
Yes, he still has the bullet in his head. Funny at times and edgy at others, it was a touching look at one man's rough life, from crime to drugs to redemption. It only suffers from trying to stuff too much into too little of a time frame, so it seems a little choppy at times. But, that's not much of a distraction from the overall heart of the movie. Worth a watch.
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