A whirlwind story

Rating: 7/10 (25 June 2007)

Blow is an excellent movie. The movie is based on George Jung's life. It highlights the struggles and the benefits of being a "Coke Star." The quality of truth compared to Jung's real life is very similar according to the interviews done with Jung himself. Johnny Depp is excellent at portraying George Jung on camera. Depp even had a personal interview with George Jung prior to shooting the film to get acclimated with Jung's persona. In the 1980s George Jung became the main importer of cocaine from Columbia into the U.S. Blow shows how a young boy from a small middle class town moved to California and started is drug ventures there. Jung began with marijuana and after being locked up, came out to become a cocaine importer. The movie has many twists and turns with betrayal and run in with the laws. Overall the movie is a great feature.