A misfit young man, prone to fantasy and hallucination, finds a new family in the strangest place when he latches on to a beautiful hustler, her little sister and their crew's illicit underground delivery service

SYNOPSIS:

Nutshell: Silver Linings Playbook meets The Professional.

Synopsis: TOMMY (28) gets a beating in a back alley by SAMMY and his COUSINS. Tommy is protecting LG, a 12-year-old girl, who sneaks out of the alley. We jump back to…

Tommy lives in his parent’s basement in a working-class neighborhood. His old-school DAD and overbearing MOTHER just want him to be “normal”, but he’s off his meds and wrestling with fantasy and hallucinations. Tommy’s only friend, an imaginary 6-foot statue of Michelangelo’s David follows him everywhere; From winning big poker tournaments in an underground poker room to teetering on the outer edge of the Brooklyn Bridge, contemplating his suicide. Tommy is alone in a world that makes no sense to him.

CALI (28), was left to care for her little Sister, LG, when their mother died. Cali and her boyfriend/business partner, SAMMY (29), run an illicit underground delivery service. She is trying to bank up enough money to get a better life for them. That includes, stealing her “fair share” from Sammy. Cali and Tommy were friends in High School, but haven’t talked in years until... They meet up again during a raid on the poker room and slip off together into the night. With the poker room shuttered and Tommy having nowhere to be, he debates his next move with David in the club bathroom. David wants Tommy to remain in his fantasy world where it’s safe, but Tommy wants to make a real connection. He tells David to fuck off and follows Cali into her world of illicit deliveries and dangerous partners. Tommy and Cali try at romance. Tommy and LG find true friendship -- the family he never had.

After a string of oddball deliveries, they go on a big prescription drug drop. Tommy sits outside in the getaway car with the bag of meds. Cali realizes Sammy is skimming from the delivery and setting Tommy up as the fall guy. Back in the car, a thug slips a steel wire around Tommy’s neck and chokes him. Cali rescues Tommy by smashing her car into Tommy’s car, and they drive off with a million dollars in meds. Sammy and his cousins follow in hot pursuit. Tommy and Cali realize Sammy is going after LG and they race to get to her first. Tommy pledges to protect LG, the one thing in life he really cares about.

Tommy gets them out of the city to safety, where they hide out in a cabin and have a moment of simple family life. They play Jenga and drink wine as LG falls asleep in Cali’s lap.

Cali, the ever-restless spirit, sneaks out at night and hatches her own plan to sell the meds off and get a new life. LG wakes, scared, in the dark looking for Cali, but only Tommy is there to console her. They talk and laugh as LG falls back to sleep. When Cali stumbles back in she reveals her plan to Tommy. Tommy tries to talk Cali out of it, but it’s a done deal with or without him. Tommy goes along to protect LG.

The next morning, they pack up the meds and head out to a diner for the drop. Sammy is tipped off about the deal and he shows up too. During a classic Mexican standoff, LG strolls into the diner and has a seat. The bad guys go for LG, and Tommy freezes up. David appears but he cannot stop them from grabbing LG. Only Tommy can save her. He hurls himself into Sammy and frees LG. They all scatter out of the diner and into…

Tommy and LG hide in a back alley. Sammy and his goons chase them down. They corner Tommy in the alley as LG hides behind a dumpster. Tommy takes a beating so LG can escape.

Cali wanders the streets in her car looking for LG. She spots LG running and swings her car around almost hitting a pole. Another of Sammy’s goons pops out of an alley and pursues LG. Cali swerves to hit him, but this time she wraps the car around a pole. A constant CAR HORN RINGS OUT. Sammy and his goons give up the pursuit as they gather around Cali’s car. Sammy is broken up at the site of Cali slumped on the horn. His goons scramble to grab the meds that have scattered across the floor. Sirens approach and squad cars round the corner… LG escapes.

Three days later, LG sits by Tommy’s side at the hospital. She undoes his IV and slips him some clothes. Tommy and LG make their way through the hospital and out to a getaway car. They drive off into their new life.

Moments later… A nurse makes the rounds and finds a six foot statue of David in Tommy’s bed.