Then Nikolai tells him it was Kostya, not Naturelle, who betrayed him, and offers him the chance to kill Kostya in exchange for protecting his father's bar. Monty and Kostya go down to talk with Uncle Nikolai, who gives Monty advice on surviving in prison. Jacob, meanwhile, finds the courage to kiss Mary, but both of them appear to be in shock afterwards and go their separate ways. Frank baits Naturelle by accusing her of living high on Monty's money, and not caring where it came from, but she reminds him that he knew as well and said nothing. Monty and Frank talk about what kind of a future he can have after prison, and Frank says they can open a bar together, even though he told Jacob he believes Monty's life is over and he deserves his sentence for dealing drugs. When they all meet at the club, Jacob sees his student, Mary, and Monty invites her in with them. He persuades Frank to help him find out if it was Naturelle who betrayed him. He remembers how he met Naturelle when she was 17, hanging around his old school, and how happy they were before he was arrested. Monty refused to turn state's evidence against Nikolai but he's not sure what Nikolai will do when he meets him at the club that night. Kostya tries to persuade Monty it was Naturelle who turned him in since she knew where he hid his drugs and money. Monty sold drugs for Uncle Nikolai, a Russian mobster, along with Kostya. Monty, facing himself in the mirror, lashes out in his mind against everyone else: all the New York stereotypes he can think of, from the cabbies to the firefighters, the corner grocers to the mobsters, as if he hates them all. Though Monty's drug money helped him keep the bar, James is full of remorse, and he sneaks a drink when Monty goes to the bathroom. He visits his father, James, a former firefighter and recovering alcoholic who owns and runs a bar, to confirm their plans to drive to the prison the following morning. Frank Slaughtery is a hot shot trader on Wall Street and Jacob Elinsky is an introverted high school teacher from a privileged family, with a crush on one of his 11th grade students. He plans to meet his childhood friends Frank and Jacob that night at a club with his girlfriend Naturelle. He sits in the park with his dog, Doyle, thinking of his last day of freedom. The animal was mauled in a dogfight and Monty intends to shoot him but changes his mind after he looks him in the eye and decides to take him to a nearby clinic instead.įast forward to late 2002, and Monty is about to begin serving a 7 year prison sentence for dealing drugs. A canary yellow vintage Super Bee pulls up short on a New York City street, and Monty Brogan gets out with his buddy Kostya to look at a dog lying in the road.
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