Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later.
Acting
Ruffalo's pre-Hulk vulnerability as a man who'd rather film than feel
Writing
Dialogue that captures how people actually talk when they're performing coolness
Director
Austin Chick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title refers to chromosome pairs—Chick wanted genetic inevitability as metaphor for how these three were doomed from their first collision.
Shot in 1999 but released post-9/11, its pre-gentrification Brooklyn locations now feel like archaeological documents of a city that no longer exists.
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