‘What Doesn’t Kill You’ Trailer Starring Ruffalo & Hawke

Ethan Hawke and Mark Ruffalo are teaming up for “What Doesn’t Kill You,” a tough life-on-the-streets mafia story. At first I rolled my eyes at the idea of another one of these films, but the trailer looks decent and Ruffalo and Hawke should make for an impressive duo.

Based on events from director Brian Goodman’s life, WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU, stars Mark Ruffalo (Brian) and Ethan Hawke (Paulie), as friends who grew up like brothers on the gritty streets of south Boston. They do whatever it takes to survive, living by the code of their dog-eat-dog neighborhood. Petty crimes and misdemeanors grow into more serious offenses and eventually, they fall under sway to organized crime boss Pat Kelly (played by Goodman).