What Doesn't Kill You

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Brian and Paulie are two young punks running loose on the hard streets of South Boston. Coming from separate but equally broken homes, the boys bond makes them brothers. They do whatever it takes to survive, living by the code of their dog eat dog neighborhood. As Brian and Paulie get older, petty crimes and misdemeanors grow into more serious offenses. Eventually, they fall under sway to the organized crime boss Pat Kelly who runs the felonious backroom businesses and illicit trades in Southie. They also find themselves the targets of unwanted attention from Detective Moran, one of Bostonâ¿¿s finest. And Brian in particular becomes lost in haze of drugs and rebellion. Even the love he has for his wife Stacy and his children isnâ¿¿t enough to redeem him. In time, the friends find themselves in jail--just a part of doing business on the mean streets they call home. Brian and Paulie are incarcerated long enough to learn a few lessons, but will they lead to changed lives on the outside? A storm of trouble is brewing: Paulie has big plans to liberate them from their life of crime--just one more job, one last heist--a bold and potentially violent daylight robbery. But Brian has used his time in jail to make amends to his family and get clean. When Paulie comes to him for help, Brian must face the biggest challenge to his code of honor that he could ever imagine: stand by his friend or salvage his family--he cannot do both.

Cast
Mark Ruffalo as Brian
Ethan Hawke as Paulie
Amanda Peet as Stacy
Jay Giannone as Matt
Mandy Olsen as Patty
Donnie Wahlberg as Detective Moran
Lindsey J. McKeon as Nicole
Brian Goodman as Pat
Will Lyman as Sully
Elizangela
Brian Scannell as Eddie 'Details"
Tom Kemp (II) as Captain Stover
Dennis Lynch
Danny Naten as Officer Callahan
Bo Cleary
Rich Skinner as Chappy
Lenny Clarke as Hogie
Angela Featherstone as Katie

Detail Info
Director Brian Goodman
Writers Brian Goodman, Donnie Wahlberg, Paul T. Murray
Producers William J. Immerman, Peter McIntosh (II), Bob Yari, Marc Frydman, Rod Lurie
Music Alex Wurman, Richard Glasser
Running Time 1 hr. 40 min.
Release Date Dec 12th, 2008 (limited)
Distributors Yari Film Group
Country USA