True Friends (1998)

New York The Bronx 1980 Two Italian boys Joey Esposito and Louie Mazerino jump to the defence of a smaller Puerto Rican boy JJ Lopez when JJ is threatened by six schoolyard bullies The three boys soon become best friends and they always look out for each other However their innocence is shattered when they witness Big Tony the local Mob boss kill a man The three boys vow to each other to keep it a secret Fifteen years later the three boys now in their late twenties are still the best of friends and still living in The Bronx They dream of opening their own bar Desperate to better themselves Joey devises a scheme to steal money from Big Tony and open their own Joint