- Upon his release from prison for a crime he did not commit, Tony goes back to his job as a mob 'soldier', collecting debts for his boss, Julian. Things quickly go ary as the actions of Tony's mentally challenged brother, Jack, place the two brothers on a collision course. Will history repeat itself?
- The film opens with Tony sitting on a bed with blood all over his shirt. In flashback, Tony drives a pickup truck, desperately searching for his brother, Jack. He suddenly comes to the realization that Jack is at the zoo, where he and his brother went as children to escape the harsh realities of their childhood upbringing. He pulls into the zoo and sees his brother Jack, who has blood on his shirt. Tony exits the car, walks toward Jack and sits on a familiar picnic table. Jack sees Tony and sheepishly approaches the picnic table to sit next to him. Tony begins to reminisce about the old days when they came there as kids with their mother, who is presumably deceased. We quickly find out that Jack is mentally challenged. He proceeds to explain how the blood came to be on his shirt. He was protecting a female friend, Marie, from her abusive boyfriend, Bobby, whom she was breaking up with and trying to kick out of their apartment. Through a flashback, we see the brutal attack. Tony suggests they get out of town because it turns out that Bobby was the son of Tony's mafia boss, Julian. Jack seems amenable to the idea but only if Tony's estranged daughter, Sarah, can come with them. Jack explains that it can't happen because he doesn't want his life of crime to have an adverse effect on his daughter's life. We realize that this is the reason for their estrangement. Jack blames himself for everything that's happened because of the bad things he's done in the past. Tony explains that he's done bad things as well. In flashback, we see those bad things illustrated when Tony attempts to retrieve a debt, owed to his boss, from a punk in an alleyway. The punk recognizes Tony and asks when he "got out". We realize that Tony has recently been released from prison. The punk gets sarcastic with Tony. Tony warns him to "watch it". The punk continues to mouth off and Tony punches him, knocking him to the ground. He kicks him repeatedly until the punk is writhing in pain. Tony puts a knife to the punk's face and the punk swears that he will pay his debt in the morning. Tony explains to Jack that sometimes you must leave the people you love to protect them. Jack has an epiphany and tells Tony that he needs to "take care of him". Tony insists he'll always take care of Jack, but Jack says "no, you need to take care of me the way you take care of people for 'Uncle' Julian." Tony realizes what Jack is asking him to do and vehemently protests. He orders Jack to get in the car. Jack gets riled up and the brothers get into a scuffle; causing Jack to push Tony to the ground, which also causes Tony's knife to dislodge from its holster. Jack sees the knife on the ground, picks it up, and repeatedly stabs himself. The film goes back to the opening scene of Tony sitting on the bed. We hear the immediate aftermath of Jack's self-inflicted suicide as Jack sits stoically on the bed, lost in thought. The film flashes back again to Jack lying dead in Tony's arms as Tony weeps helplessly. The next day Tony pulls up to a strange house. He is now cleaned up and dressed uncharacteristically well, given how we've seen him since the film began. He cautiously approaches the house and knocks at the door. A teenage girl answers. It takes several beats for the girl to realize that it's her father standing in the doorway. Tony emotionally tells her he's missed her and asks if he can come in as the film fades to black.
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