by Bhob Stewart
synopsis
"Southie" is common usage in Massachusetts for a resident of South Boston. John Shea directed and co-scripted (with James Cummings and Dave McLaughlin) this low-budget crime drama which won the American Independent Award at the 1998 Seattle Film Festival. Out of money and out of luck, Danny Quinn (Donnie Wahlberg) leaves NYC and returns home to South Boston where his dysfunctional family is allied with an Irish Mafia crowd. When Danny's pals open a private casino with an assist from a different Irish Mafia group, this leaves Danny stuck in the middle when trouble erupts between the two factions.
characteristics
- Low Budget
- High Artistic Quality
- Gang-war
- Mafia
- Rival
- Gangland War
- Feud
- Dysfunctional
- Casino
- Families In Crisis
- Family-dynamics
- Family-strife
