Role: Danny’s uncle, bar owner, local wisdom figure.<br>
Personality: Tough, experienced, protective, grounded.<br><br>
Arc: Ryan acts as a stabilizing force in Danny’s life. Having likely lived through similar violence & small-town power struggles, he understands the dangers Danny faces & tries to steer him away from escalating conflict.<br><br>
Summary: Uncle Ryan is Danny's uncle, & the closest thing the film's local-kid lead has to family on the page, a bar owner in his fifties, weathered, plainspoken, & watchful. He first appears stepping out of his bar to break up a brewing fight between the visiting fraternity brothers & Danny, defusing it with a low &unmistakable verbal threat. Later he & Danny close the bar down together, & the script shows his protectiveness in a small, telling beat, he starts to type a text to step in on Danny's behalf, then deletes it. He is the steady adult presence in Danny's corner. He appears across the first two acts & is not part of the clima