“What Doesn’t Kill You” — a gritty Boston crime drama based on the life of the film’s writer/director Brian Goodman — has been getting rave reviews at film festivals, and as of last Friday it’s beginning to open in limited release.

In our exclusive clip, Brian (played by Mark Ruffalo) — a man whose life of crime is beginning to spiral dangerously out of control — is visited by a local police detective (Donnie Wahlberg, who also co-wrote the film). Check it out below.