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Christopher Kerson, William Blagrove, Judy Jerome, Mark Borkowski, Gregg Almquist ... see more see more... , Maddie M. Jones , Nakia Dillard , Diane M. Johnson , Daveed Ramsay , Christopher Mann , Buck Schirner , Kamal Bostic-Smith , Franklin Ojeda Smith , Todd Ryan Jones , Matty Shantz , Yianni Digaletos , John Emanuel , Stephen Johnson , Ron Fehimu , Chris Kerson , Will Blagrove

Wounded in the war, Tommy Donahue (Chris Kerson) and DD Davis (Will Blagrove) return home from Iraq to the crime-stricken neighborhood in North Philadelphia they grew up in. Tommy returns to his wife,... read more read more... Faith (Judy Jerome), whom he abandoned while she was pregnant to escape a life of crime. DD returns to find that his older brother Darnell (Nakia Dillard) has risen to become the neighborhood kingpin. Tommy meets his disabled six year-old daughter, Hope (Maddie M. Jones), for the first time, and she begins to melt his frozen heart. DD faces the pressure to save his younger brother, James (Daveed Ramsay), from following in Darnell's dangerous footsteps. Tommy and DD find themselves trapped in the same ghetto they joined the military to escape. As they struggle for redemption, their own families become entangled in a web of crime, corruption and violence. -- (C) Rogue

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R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Sean Kirkpatrick

Release Date: May 20, 2011

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John Anderson
May 24, 2011
John Anderson, Variety

Technically accomplished but dramatically unconvincing. Full Review

Kyle Smith
May 20, 2011
Kyle Smith, New York Post

Kirkpatrick keeps stomping on the drama pedal while blowing the cliché horn, yielding scene after tired scene of predictable developments as the principals keep shoving guns into mouths and screaming ... Full Review

Joe Neumaier
May 20, 2011
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News

This low-budget drama has a gutsy handle on what makes a crime drama crackle. Full Review

Jeannette Catsoulis
May 19, 2011
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

As one bloody encounter treads on the heels of the next, all that remains is a tiny indie undone by its own vicious ambitions. Full Review

Nick Schager
May 17, 2011
Nick Schager, Village Voice

Exactly the type of inner-city crime drama that HBO's The Wire so expertly exposed as facile fantasy. Full Review

Kirk Honeycutt
May 16, 2011
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter

An impressive debut for film school grad Sean Kirkpatrick is marred by an excessively high body count. Full Review

Carrie Rickey
April 8, 2011
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

A haunting and remarkable feature debut. Full Review

Jesse Cataldo
June 3, 2011
Jesse Cataldo, Slant Magazine

It's always refreshing to see a newcomer with so much energy, but the chaos that takes over Cost of a Soul ultimately feels wasteful. Full Review

Noel Murray
May 19, 2011
Noel Murray, AV Club

It's a lousy movie, but it has spunk. Full Review

Edward Douglas
May 19, 2011
Edward Douglas, ComingSoon.net

A valiant enough first effort, but {Sean} Kirkpatrick has a long way to go before he achieves even Mean Streets-level Scorsese. Full Review

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    • D.D. Davis: War? It's a lot like here.
    • Tommy Donahue: They're metals. You get them when you do something good.

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