Breaking The Cycle - Thomas's Journey In Life

Growing up ginger in the projects of Bristol, PA wasn't easy, but for Thomas Reilly, it was just the beginning of his troubles. With an abusive father, an absent mother, and a system determined to break him, Thomas finds himself locked up at sixteen after a simple fight with his brother goes wrong. Behind bars, he transforms into "Red Dragon," embracing violence as a means of survival.

Upon release, Thomas falls into the dangerous embrace of the Inglewood Family Gangster Bloods, dealing drugs and stealing cars just to get by. His only guidance comes from an unlikely source-his mother's boyfriend Tony, who sees past the hardened exterior to the wounded boy beneath.

When Thomas learns his girlfriend is pregnant, he's faced with a life-altering choice: continue down a path that will likely lead back to prison, or break the cycle of violence that has defined his family for generations. As he tentatively steps toward redemption through an unexpected talent for gaming, his past comes knocking-literally-threatening everything he's worked to build.

Raw, unflinching, and ultimately hopeful, "Breaking the Cycle" is the story of a young man's fight to become more than his circumstances, to be the father he never had, and to discover that sometimes the most powerful act of rebellion is choosing a different path.