A Chop Suey Dinner

Rating: Null/10 (1 May 2001)

This movie is alot like Chop Suey. They seem to have just thrown
watever they could find into the wok and, while the meal isn't bad,
it's not great and an hour latter your still hungry.
Obviously, this George Jung character isn't terribly interesting.
Neither was Henry Hill in "Goodfellas" (which "Blow" owes alot to),
but the way the situations he was in developed were fascinating.
Everything in this movie just seems to be thrown into the mix.
Escabar, Pee Wee betraying him, even the lovely and talented
Penelope Cruz just seems to have been thrown in to yell at
Johnny. And then when they have a kid. Suddently his goal in life
changes. Too abrubt. Too manipulative.
I think this film really could have worked if they took the time and
deveoped the characters and the situation. As a result, we have a
movie that leaves a heavy aftertaste in our mouth.