Paradise City (2018)

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The worlds of a young cop with a checkered lineage, a devout Muslim with nothing to hide, and a junkie with affluent roots collide in a plot to justify New York City’s counter-terrorism budget with homegrown extremists. Jimmy Colón is an NYPD counter-terrorism agent who has infiltrated one of the major New York Mosques in the South Bronx, and is living under the name “Farouq Bin Al-Hamed”. He tries to ensnare the head Iman, Brother Nazim, by convincing the younger and more susceptible congregants to embrace Radical Jihadism, while plotting their arrest during attempted acts of terror. In a twist of fate, Jimmy finds himself developing a relationship with one of the newest congregants, a heroin addict named Alistair Holmgren, who has a dark past and nothing to lose. As their friendship intensifies, Jimmy must decide whether or not to complete the mission at his Chief’s behest or lead himself and the Mosque into self-destruction.