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Today I'll show you a mystery-thriller film: "Mystic River"
Spoiler ahead, watch out and take care
The movie begins along the neighborhood streets of Boston,
where three childhood friends, Jimmy, Sean, and Dave, are playing
Jimmy tells the two to write their name on the wet cement of the sidewalk
Jimmy initiates by writing his name; and the two follow
But when Dave is writing his name, a creepy man who pretends to be a cop, stops him
The creepy man reprimands them, and asks where they live;
upon learning that Dave does not live nearby, the creepy man forces Dave to enter the car
In fear, Dave goes inside the car, thinking that the creepy man is a cop
Inside, a priest smiles at Dave
After that, the creepy man and the priest drive away with Dave,
while the confused Jimmy and Sean watch them take away their helpless friend
Apparently, the creepy man and the priest lock Dave in the cellar, possibly molesting him for days
After days of traumatic experience, Dave escapes from his abductors, and is able to come home
Many years later, Jimmy, Sean, and Dave are already adults,
who live their own lives; so they are not that close anymore
Dave already has formed a family of a son and a wife
Apparently, Dave still suffers from his childhood trauma, which affects his mental stability
Meanwhile, Jimmy becomes a thug, and soon changes his life for his daughter, "Beauty,"
who came from his dead first wife
Now, he is married to his second wife, and they have two young daughters
On the other side, Sean becomes a detective, and is also married
He always receives calls from his wife, who currently lives with their baby far away from him
Weirdly enough, she is completely silent during those calls
One Saturday, Beauty informs her father that she is going out with her friends later at night
Jimmy then allows her
As Beauty is about to leave, she gives Jimmy a look, and says she will see him later
Outside, Beauty rides her car when her secret boyfriend, called "Kid," surprises her
After they tongue massage each other,
Kid asks her if they will continue their plans for tomorrow; she affirms
That night, Beauty and her friends come to the bar, where they enjoy drinking and dancing around
Meanwhile, Dave, who happens to be drinking in the bar, recognizes Beauty
Midnight comes; Dave goes home at 3 AM full of blood, with a stomach wound and injured hands
The wife asks him to go to the hospital, but he refuses to do so
He explains to her that his injuries came from a mugger, who tried to attack him
He appears to be terrified, thinking that he might have killed the mugger
But the following day, Dave's Wife checks the newspaper;
and she does not find news about the dead mugger
Suddenly, the 9 1 1 receives a report from a boy,
that there is a car full of blood along the streets
They ask the name of the boy, but he refuses to reveal it
Meanwhile, Beauty is still not coming home
Upon knowing this, Jimmy comes to the store, and calls her friend's dad
but the dad says she is not there, since she left her friends at 1 AM last midnight
Later, Kid comes to the store with his brother, and looks for Beauty
So Jimmy, who appears to hate Kid and his mute brother,
coldly says that she is going to her sister's communion
After that, Jimmy and his wife attend the communion of his other daughter
Meanwhile, detective Sean and his partner come to investigate the bloody car
It turns out that the car is Beauty's car; but Beauty is nowhere to be found
Based on his observation, Sean speculates that the suspect shot her in the shoulder;
and then she runs to the grass field
So, they search Beauty there, and soon find her dead body
In the church, Jimmy, who is worried about his daughter,
notices police cars passing through the streets
He then follows them until he reaches the crime scene
Upon seeing Beauty's car there, Jimmy becomes extremely worried
He asks Sean if Beauty is already dead
At this moment, his extreme anger and sadness come out,
as Sean cannot answer his question, confirming that Beauty is already dead
After that, Jimmy comes to the police station, to confirm if the dead body is Beauty
After confirming it, Sean and his Partner ask Jimmy for details, which might help to solve the case
Jimmy then says that everything was usual yesterday,
except Beauty giving him a look, implying she will never see him again
The partner takes note of it,
and also takes note of Jimmy being in prison sixteen years ago for robbery
The following day, people come to visit Jimmy's family at their home, to mourn with them
Dave and his Wife are also there
The wife keeps giving Dave a worried look
It seems that she thinks Dave is responsible for Beauty's death,
since he coincidentally comes home full of blood last night, exactly when Beauty was murdered
The partner then reports to the police Chief
that they found some Vegas hotel pamphlets on Beauty's bag
After that, the detective asks the old woman who lives near the crime,
if she witnessed something last night
The old woman says she heard a woman's voice, saying "hi" last night and then a gunshot
The partner then speculates Beauty knows the murderer
To gather information,
the detectives ask Beauty's friend about their goodbye party last night, and the Vegas pamphlets
The friends then admit that Beauty plans to leave with her secret boyfriend that day,
to have a new life in Vegas
This leads the detectives to Kid
Later, Jimmy visits Dave at his home
He notices Dave's injured
so he asks Dave about it
Dave replies he got it accidentally from the door
Jimmy then expresses his extreme sadness from Beauty's sudden death
He feels that he should not cry because he is a man; but at this point, he starts to sob
Meanwhile, the detectives interrogate Kid and their plan to go to Vegas
Upon learning that Beauty is already dead, Kid gets emotional,
and confirms that they are planning to go to Vegas on Sunday
As the last question, the detective asks Kid where he was, during the time Beauty gets murdered
He says that he is asleep
The detectives then ask Kid to take a polygraph test with them; he agrees
That night, Sean receives a call from his wife; but she still refuses to speak
He then shares that he is tired of his work sending murderers to jail,
but the victims remain dead after that
The following day, the detectives receive the result of Kid's polygraph test; and he perfects it
So, the detectives search for another lead,
by looking at the people who are in the bar on Saturday night
They find Dave's name, so they visit him to ask questions
The detectives take notice of his hand injuries
They then ask him if he notices anything unusual in the bar
Dave says there's nothing strange in the bar that night
As the last question, the detectives ask Dave where he was during the time of Beauty's death
In response, Dave lied, saying he came home at 1 A M
After that, the detectives talk about the case
The partner then suggests that they take a look at Dave, because Beauty knows him;
he was in the bar that night; and also, Dave has hand injuries
Meanwhile, Jimmy promises to his dead daughter that he will find the murderer before the police,
so that he can kill the murderer
The following day, the detectives come to Jimmy's house, where they encounter Dave
The partner asks Dave where his wounds came from
Dave replies it came from a garbage disposal; but the partner is not convinced
After that, Sean secretly asks Dave's Wife what time Dave came home on Saturday night
But she lies to him, saying she is asleep that night
so she does not know
The wife then immediately walks away, looking agitated
To continue their investigation, the detectives ask Jimmy why he hates Kid
In response, Jimmy shares that he hates Kid's father, called "Just Ray," for leaving his family
So, he thinks that Kid would be the same as his father
After that, the detectives head back to the headquarters, where the ballistic report finally arrives
The report indicates that the gun used to murder Beauty,
was also used to rob a liquor store years ago
but no one was arrested for the crime
So, the detectives ask the liquor store owner about the robbery
The store owner shares to them that he thinks his former employee,
Just Ray, was responsible for the robbery
This implies Kid's father, Just Ray, owned the gun used to murder Beauty
After that, the detectives have an argument, as Sean calls back their investigation to Kid;
but his partner insists that Dave remains the suspect,
since guns are easy to pass around, so Dave possibly got it
Late at night, Dave is watching a vampire movie when his wife arrives
He asks her where she comes from
She then vaguely replies that she just thinks about things alone
Suddenly, Dave angrily confronts her
he asks her if she thinks that he killed Beauty
She then asks Dave why he just cannot tell the police about the mugger,
so he can clear his name from Beauty's death
Dave suddenly outbursts and starts sobbing,
as he shares his childhood traumatic experience with his wife
He then says that his real self died, when his abductor molested him,
and he is now like a vampire who walks undead
After that, he says that he cannot trust his mind anymore, and proceeds outside to take a walk
Meanwhile, the wife is completely terrified and confused, upon witnessing Dave's behavior
As Dave takes a walk outside, he encounters Jimmy
He then admits to Jimmy that he saw Beauty in the bar before her death
The next day, the partner shares with Sean that he found blood on Dave's car upon inspecting it
He found Type-B blood, same with Dave's blood type on the seat;
and Type-O blood, same with Beauty's blood type in the trunk
They then interrogate Dave; but they don't get anything from him
It turns out that Dave's car was not in his possession last night,
and was apparently reported missing
Sean then insists to his partner that they should focus on Just Ray's gun,
leaving the partner no choice, but to let Dave go
They then take a look at Just Ray's record,
where they find out that he is criminally associated with Jimmy
They also find out that he got arrested for robbery, but he never goes to jail
So, they head to Just Ray's arresting officer to ask him about it
The arresting officer then shares that Just Ray ratted out Jimmy,
so Jimmy gets jailed instead of him
After Jimmy gets freed from jail, Just Ray mysteriously disappears,
implying Jimmy takes revenge on Just Ray
Meanwhile, Jimmy and his thug friends arrive at their home, where Dave's Wife is waiting outside
She informs Jimmy that she left Dave, because of his strange behavior lately
After that, she tearfully shares to him that Dave went home full of blood,
during the midnight Beauty got murdered
Jimmy then asks about Dave's explanation,
so Dave's Wife shares Dave's story that he killed the mugger;
but there is no news about the mugger
Jimmy then seriously asks her if she thinks her husband killed Beauty; she affirms
In the headquarters, the detectives interrogate Kid about his father
Kid then reveals that he never talked to his father,
ever since his father left for a drink and never came back
But Kid and his mother do not believe Just Ray is missing,
since he consistently sent them 500 bucks per month
Sean then asks Kid about his father's gun,
and informs Kid that his father's gun was used to murder Beauty
Kid denies seeing his father have a gun, leaving Sean frustrated
As they get nothing from Kid, Sean listens to the 9 1 1 tape,
where they figure out that the boy who reported the car,
knew the victim was actually a girl despite the body being in the park
This implies that the boy might be responsible for Beauty's death
Meanwhile, the thug friends pick up Dave along the streets,
as they ask him to have a drink in the bar
In the bar, they start drinking, and Jimmy soon arrives to drink with them
Night comes, Dave gets tipsy, and comes outside in the Mystic riverside to vomit
Jimmy and his thug friends follow him
Jimmy shares to Dave the story of Just Ray, his former friend who ratted him out;
so he went to jail, while his wife was dying from cancer
He then reveals that he killed Just Ray in that exact river, and throws the body there
At that moment, Dave figures out that Jimmy thinks he killed Beauty,
so he nervously tells Jimmy that he killed a man who is molesting a boy, but not Beauty
But Jimmy thinks he is lying because of the inconsistent story;
and also there is no body of a child molester found
Jimmy then forces him to admit he killed Beauty, so he admits it
As Jimmy asks why, Dave says Beauty reminds him of youth that he never had,
and says that Jimmy will know what he means,
if Jimmy enters the abductor's car instead of him during that childhood accident
Jimmy then stabs him, and then fatally shoots him
In the meantime, Kid checks his father's gun and finds it missing
He finally figures out that his brother and his friend got their father's gun, and killed Beauty
Kid thinks that his brother does not want him to leave with Beauty
Kid then brutally beats the friend, punching and kicking his face
As Kid proceeds to confront his brother, the friend points their father's gun towards him
Luckily, the detectives arrive at the scene, to take control of the commotion
The next day, Jimmy is wasted from drinking along the streets, when Sean passes by
Sean informs him that they finally caught the killers,
Kid's brother and the friend, who self-confessed earlier
Sean then reveals to Jimmy that the kids are just playing with the gun,
and unfortunately, they shot Beauty
The kids then kill Beauty, so she won't tell anyone about their wrongdoings
Jimmy then gets completely shocked upon learning this,
since he already killed Dave, thinking that Dave is the one who killed his daughter
Suddenly, Sean asks Jimmy about Dave,
since the police are looking for Dave
after they found the dead body of a child molester behind the bar
This also confirms that Dave is telling the truth
Sean asks him when was the last time he saw Dave
He then says that the last time he saw Dave was in the car, when the abductors had taken Dave away
After that, Sean asks him what he did to Dave
In response, Jimmy thanks Sean for finding the killer,
but he wishes Sean had solved it a little faster
At this moment, Sean knows that Jimmy must have killed Dave,
so he asks Jimmy if he is going to send 500 bucks a month to Dave's family,
the same way he did after he killed Kid's father
After that, Sean and Jimmy part ways
Sean suddenly receives a call from his wife
This time, Sean apologizes, and his wife finally speaks and decides to come back to him
The movie ends during the Boston parade, where Sean finally reunites with his family
Dave's wife wanders aimlessly in the parade to find her son;
but her son refuses to speak to her, since his father is still not coming home
Meanwhile, Jimmy gets comfort from his wife,
telling him that he just did what he needs to do as a father
So, they come out to watch the parade,
where Jimmy sees Sean on the other side of the street,
who then points a gun-hand gesture to him, signaling Sean will come after him
In the end, the name of the three are still written on the sidewalk;
but Dave's name remains half-written
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