取材自冷硬派犯罪小說作家Dennis Lehane的短篇作品「Animal Rescue」，並由他親自改編為電影劇本；其知名作品包括被翻拍成《隔離島Shutter Island》、《神秘河流Mystic River》和預計2016年上映由班艾佛列克執導的《夜行人生Live by Night》。主要演員包括近年嶄露頭角演技頗受好評的Tom Hardy(飾演Bob)，以及在HBO影集《黑道家族》飾演黑幫老大的已故金球獎影帝James Gandolfini(飾演Marv)。故事由一隻受傷的幼犬被Bob救起開始展開......
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劇情簡介(有雷)
劇情簡介(有雷)
There are some sins that you commit,
that you can't come back from,
no matter how hard you try.
布魯克林的黑幫為了「洗錢」將不法的軌跡抹去，會透過從層層的管道，讓錢在不同的人手上流轉。而交換點通常選擇喧鬧到深夜的酒吧，以掩人耳目；這些酒吧會受到黑幫保護或者直接就由黑幫委託人頭經營。通常在每個月會再隨機選擇其中一間，將當月所有洗淨的黑錢集中回收，而這時的酒吧就會被稱為drop bar。而馬文小酒吧就是擁有這種雙重背景的黑道據點。
有天酒吧遭到2名歹徒洗劫，不但搶走了一日所得，還打傷了員工而驚動警察。Bob是這間酒吧的酒保也是店經理的姪子。年輕時，跟隨原為地方角頭的店經理Marv在街頭逞兇鬥狠，但在其他更大勢力黑幫的壓迫下，最後只能窩在這間小酒吧仰人鼻息。
Marv的滄桑與失意自不在話下，再加上家中經濟的日益拮据，於是決定鋌而走險，夥同其他人準備在被選定為洗錢中心時，打劫自家酒吧，然一心想洗心革面過平凡生活的Bob卻意外扯了後腿。
現在的Bob給人感覺是個逆來順受、溫吞低調的人，老闆刮他鬍子他也一笑置之。被女性友人誤會他也不多做解釋；歹徒隨口勒索，他也照付不誤；甚至發揮愛心，養起受虐遭拋棄的小狗。但就像他意外收養的幼年鬥牛梗，外表看起無害，但實際上卻是狠角色。他早就對Marv的行為起疑，比誰都更快進入狀況，知所因應。甚至最後以迅雷不及掩耳之姿，快速擺平身旁紛擾。大家這才明白，真正狀況外，其實是被他的外表和行為所欺騙的其他角色。
我的給分： A
Cousin Marv: "Mmmhmm. At least I had something. I was respected. I was feared. When I walked into a place people sat up, they say up straight, they noticed. What'd you ever have? A barstool, which you put that old Betty at and bought her free drinks and don't you think I don't know you did it on purpose. That was my stool and nobody sat on that stool cause it was Cousin Marv's stool and that meant something! That meant something!"
Bob: "But it didn't… ever. It was just a stool."
Nadia: "I heard that Cousin Marv does own the bar, some hard guys do. You're not a hard guy."
Bob: "Yeah, we had a crew when we was back in the day, when we was younger. Marv, he thought he was a tough guy. Then the neighborhood changed. It wasn't enough to be tough. You had to be mean."
Nadia: "You still in the life?"
Bob: "Nope, I just tend the bar."
