

As revealed in the last part of the film, King stops Steve on his way home from school and forces him to go inside the bodega and see if anyone else is there besides Nesbitt. Steve’s actions do indeed lead to the death of the bodega owner Aguinaaldo Nesbitt. As Steve realizes that his future almost entirely hinges on making the jury believe in his character, he teaches himself to hide his fears well in the court and project a version of himself that is confident in his rendition of the truth. Even though she may not completely believe that Steve is innocent, she defends him to the best of her ability during the trial.
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Representing Steve during the trial is the overworked public defender Katherine O’Brien (Jennifer Ehle). After they are arrested on the charges of felony murder, only Steve and King are set to be tried because the other two accused, King’s cousin Richard “Bobo” Evans ( John David Washington) and Osvaldo (Jharrel Jerome), have accepted plea deals. He even helps Steve improve as a storyteller by guiding him with an unfiltered look at their neighborhood. As for King, it’s clear that he sees Steve as his latest target for grooming. Having spent all his life in the neighborhood, Steve knows exactly who King is, and he is justifiably guarded around the older man.īut he also knows that he can’t afford to downright refuse King either, as there is always a chance of violent repercussions.

While searching for the story he wants to tell, Steve becomes acquainted with William King (ASAP Rocky or Rakim Mayers), a local criminal. Sawicki tells Steve and other students that a filmmaker has an incessant need to tell their story and urges them to find theirs.

He has great friends and even a budding romance with the fellow film club member Renee Pickford (Lovie Simone). At Stuyvesant, Steve is a part of the film club and has a wonderful relationship with the teacher who runs it, Leroy Sawicki (Tim Blake Nelson). He has inherited the artistic sensibilities of his father, who is an artist and seems to be involved in the advertising industry. Steve lives a happy, if somewhat sheltered, life with his parents and younger brother Jerry. The narrative in ‘Monster’ is not linear it goes back and forth between the time before Steve’s arrest and his trial. Here is everything you need to know about ‘Monster’s ending. His subsequent trial serves as the main plot device in the film. His life forever changes when he is accused of being a part of a deadly bodega armed robbery. Steve aspires to be a filmmaker and can often be spotted exploring his neighborhood of Harlem and elsewhere in New York with an analog camera or his phone.
