
Above the Rim(1994)
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.


Bobby O'Grady is a low level member of a Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O'Hara. Jackie demands absolute, total loyalty to him. When Jackie kills one of Bobby's buddies, Teddy, Bobby and others have to keep it an absolute secret, even from their and Teddy's relatives.

Denis Leary
Bobby O'Grady

Ian Hart
Mouse

Jason Barry
Seamus

Lenny Clarke
Skunk

Kevin Chapman
Mickey Pat
George MacDonald
Gallivan

John Diehl
Digger
Lyndon Byers
Fitzie
Herbie Ade
Herbie

Noah Emmerich
Red
Monument Ave. is a drama, thriller, crime film released in 1998. Directed by Ted Demme, it stars Denis Leary, Ian Hart, Jason Barry. Bobby O'Grady is a low level member of a Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O'Hara. Jackie demands absolute, total loyalty to him. When Jackie kills one of Bobby's buddies, Teddy, Bobby and others have to keep it an absolute secret, even from their and Teddy's relatives.
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