There's only one person left who believes Mick O'Brien can make it... Mick O'Brien.
Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a rite of passage and respect is measured in vengeance.
Sean Penn Reni Santoni Jim Moody Eric Gurry Esai Morales Ally Sheedy Clancy Brown Robert Lee Rush John Zenda Tony Mockus Jr. Alan Ruck Erik Barefield Dean Fortunato Lawrence Mah Jorge Noa Ray Caballero Martha De La Cruz Ray Ramirez Eugene J. Anthony Marco A. David Michael Andrew Gorman Don James Jane Alderman Rick Rosenthal Fran Stone Omar S. Saunders Kevin Springs Eric David John San Juro Adam Pelty Robin Coleman Bill Martin Jr. Myles O'Donnell Edward Kearns Brenda Joyce Minor Richard Lee Padget Peter Kirkpatrick David Barrett Marvin Townes Aaron Holden Jason Gedrick
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