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Release Date: 25 June, 2002 Retail Price: $12.98 OUR Price: $11.99 You SAVE: $0.99! Cast: Complete Cast (10 total) |
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makes ya think
Get ready for a much more serious film on drug addiction (if your goin for the not-so-serious movie check out Spun or Trainspotting). The message delivered in this film is quite powerful...to say so the least. The War on Drugs is such a controversial topic- and this movie explored many sides of it. In one scenario it ruins a family; only to bring them all together in the end. In another scenario another family is destroyed- and in the end their family is muddled with lies and even more destruction. And in similar two other scenarios one friend looses another due to the nastiness of the drug business- where you are subject to everything, especially murder.
Why four stars instead of five? Too many plots thrown together- for one thing. You have to see this movie a good 2-3 times to fully understand and get what is going on with everyone and their own separate scenarios. Another thing I find confusing is the overall general message this film is trying to say...what is it? Or is there no general message- just that the war on drugs is quite complex and quite intricate... therefore there are both good and bad aspects? If so, I already knew that.
I do believe everyone should see this movie however, it gives interesting thought to a very complex issue- that I am sure everyone has an opinion on.
Idiots?
O.K., this movie went over different aspects of the drug world. You have a drug czar who is all politics when it comes to fighting the drug trade but has his own daughter becoming a crack whore, a couple of Mexican police officers caught in a corrupt government where they fight off one drug cartel only so that another can gain a monopoly and you have two detectives working a case against a distributor whose own wife doesn't know what he really does for a living but in the end fights for him. The movie captures your attention and is interesting and you want to know how it turns out. It doesn't make anything pretty in the end, like the good guys always win. The ending is both good and bad because really the war on drugs has no victory until people stop wanting to take them.
It's pretty simple. What pisses me off is all the morons here subtracting stars because they're too stupid. This DMC guy gives it 1 star because of a delivery problem. What the f**k? How does that have anything to do with the movie? This andrea chick can't even speak English and she says the movie was very confusing. What a surprise. It helps when you understand the language the movie is in. And then this Ashlee M says there were too many plotlines, even though each one was distinct and you can figure it all out in no more than two watchings (of the movie), and then even says there are good aspects to the drug war. Huh? IT'S ALL BAD. THERE ARE NO GOOD ASPECTS.
I'm also tired of people b**ching about how this movie was somehow racist because it featured a black guy as a drug dealer. I've got news for you people: there are many black people in Cincinnati and some of them deal drugs. Sorry it wasn't politcally correct enough for you but what do you expect? A Chinese guy? Give me a break.
Anyway, just watch the movie and take it for what it is. There is no message here other than the war on drugs is bull. There is no chance of victory because the demand is always there and the demand is strong. The plotlines are made pretty clear if you have half a brain. I mean, the director even went so far as to give each plotline a different hue. Think that might clue you in? Like I said, it is interesting and it holds your attention. The acting is also very good with some excellent actors in it, one of my favorite being Don Cheadle. This isn't the most "disturbing" or maybe not even the most "in-your-face" drug movie but it is still good and worthy of 5 stars, or at least 4 as long as you don't give some dumbs**t reason for it like, "It confused me too much because my brain isn't big enough," or, "It had a black drug dealer in it and that's racist."
Just watch the movie and if you have trouble understanding it, then you should check to see if you are qualified for mental handicap disability.
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