"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.