Three Boston-based childhood friends are reunited in unhappy circumstances. They discover how the events of their youth have shaped their lives and relationships, and continue to do so as events play out in the present day.
Sean Penn is the gangster-like Jimmy Markum. Tim Robbins is Dave Boyle, who has become a damaged, haunted man after being abused as a child and now finds himself the prime suspect in the killing of Jimmy’s daughter. Meanwhile, Kevin Bacon is a detective named Sean Devine (assisted by a further detective played by Laurence Fishburne).
The performances are hugely credible, leading to an unbearably tense couple of hours as this painful human tragedy plays out.
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