Monument Ave.

(Miramax)

For his variation on the Boston-tough-guys film, Ted Demme cast Denis Leary as a Charlestown car thief whose complacent lifestyle crumbles when friends and relatives get whacked for perceived violations of the local code of silence. As the movie stumbles toward its predictable resolutions, most of the best moments remain inconsequential -- Leary and his pals on coke and booze discussing popular movies, or cruising the streets in a cab and alighting on an African-American who wandered into town by mistake.