What Doesn't Kill You is a 2008 American crime drama based on the true life story of the film's director Brian Goodman, detailing his own exploits involved with South Boston's Irish Mob.
Premise[]
Friends since childhood, Brian (Mark Ruffalo) and Paulie (Ethan Hawke) do whatever it takes to survive in their hardscrabble South Boston neighborhood. Crime has always been part of their lives, and now they find themselves on the payroll of a hoodlum named Pat Kelly (Brian Goodman). While Brian sinks deeper into the criminal cesspool, Paulie plans one last heist, one that he hopes can pull them both out of their dead-end lives.
Cast[]
- Mark Ruffalo as Brian Reilly
- Ethan Hawke as Paulie McDougan
- Amanda Peet as Stacy Reilly
- Will Lyman as Sully
- Brian Goodman as Pat Kelly
- Donnie Wahlberg as Detective Moran
- Angela Featherstone as Katie
- Brian Connolly as Sean
- Lindsey McKeon as Nicole
- Eddie J Fernandez as Swat team leader 1
- Michael Yebba as Round Man
- Michael Elian as FBI/HRT Swat sniper team 1
- Brett G Smith as FBI/HRT Swat commander
- Max Martini as FBI/HRT Swat (M4 Carbine)
- Candice Accola as teenage hostage
- Rich Skinner as Chappy