Harsh Times

Harsh Times is a 2005 American crime film set in South Los Angeles. The film stars Christian Bale and Freddy Rodriguez, and was written and directed by David Ayer, who wrote the script for the Academy Awardwinning 2001 film Training Day. The film was distributed by MetroGoldwynMayer and Bauer Martinez Entertainment. Ayer says that the films characters are largely based on the people he knew when he lived in South Central.

In Los Angeles, Jim meets up with his best friend Mike Alonzo Freddy Rodriguez. Mikes longtime girlfriend, Sylvia Eva Longoria, a young attorney, is on the warpath over his failure to get a job his previous job was outsourced and she encourages Jim to help Mike hand out resumes. After being denied a position in the Los Angeles Police Department for failing the psychological profile, Jim gets drunk with Mike, forgetting all about the resumes.The two go to visit Jims exgirlfriend, but when her current boyfriend shows up, a fight ensues in which the boyfriend is backed up by a group of friends. Jim is able to get the upper hand and when Mike produces a gun, they subdue the men and rob them of their possessions, including marijuana and a handgun which they later decide to sell. Jim later leaves messages on Mikes answering machine with several different voices, pretending to be companies responding to his resume. ........

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