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Southie (1999)

Southie poster
Directed by
John Shea
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
R
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his old neighborhood in South Boston and finds his family caught up in organized crime. He tries to stay away from that life but faces pressure to get involved again.

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What happens

Southie is a 1999 American crime thriller film directed by John Shea starring Donnie Wahlberg. It also stars Rose McGowan, Anne Meara, Jimmy Cummings, Lawrence Tierney, Robert Wahlberg, Will Arnett, Shea, and Amanda Peet. The film centers around Danny Quinn, a former "street kid" from South Boston, returning home to find his family deeper into organized crime than when he left, and his struggles not to fall back into his previous life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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