In Chicago’s Little Italy, Dom focuses on starting a fresh life. But, when a bookie looking to collect on his cousin’s debt gets violent, Dom must choose between salvation or sin.
Taking place over the Festa Italia weekend. Dom is confronted by Sammy, a local bookie looking to collect on his cousin Paulie’s debt. Dom, looking for a new life out of the”neighborhood” is forced back into his old ways, which has cost him a few years in prison in the past. Seeking guidance from older neighborhood guys and Father Rocco, a Priest with his own past that mirrors Dom’s, he jus choose between salvation and sin in order to free himself and his cousin or their demons.
Overall the script seems to be a good world builder for the lives of Dom and Paulie. Not only does this story join in realm with other stories we have seen before, but it also gives extra details in between. Details that feel realistic. There is also a building anxiety given how the main character Dom keeps getting reminded about a big liability in his life...... Paulie. The script does a great job of of placing an individual in a world of uncert...
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