“The Drop” is a new crime drama from Michaël R. Roskam, the Academy Award-nominated director of “Bullhead”, and starring James Gandolfini in his final performance.
The discovery of an abandoned puppy leads a lonely bartender out of his constricted world in “The Drop” — a riveting journey through a rarely seen side of working-class Brooklyn. The first film written by best-selling author Dennis Lehane, “The Drop” sets an unusual love story against the volatile backdrop of organized crime’s unbreakable grip on the small pubs and taverns used as money-laundering “drops.”
Bob Saginowski (Tom Hardy) slings drinks in his Cousin Marv’s (James Gandolfini) bar and looks the other way whenever Brooklyn crime bosses use the place as a temporary bank for their ill-gotten gains. He keeps to himself, attending Mass daily at the old neighborhood parish church, but never taking Communion.
Bob’s simple life becomes much more complicated when he discovers an abandoned pit bull puppy in a trash can. Turning to his neighbor Nadia (Noomi Rapace) for help, he nurses the puppy back to health, as their mutual concern for the dog sparks an unexpected attraction between them. But when Eric Deeds (Matthias Schoenaerts), the dog’s original owner and Nadia’s abusive ex-boyfriend, tries to reclaim both of them, and a robbery at the bar puts Bob in the crosshairs of the Chechen crime boss who owns it, Bob is forced to face the shocking truth about the people he thinks he knows best—including himself.
Bob finds himself entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood’s past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living – no matter the cost.