Poor old drug smugglers, life's so hard for them.

Rating: Null/10 (4 March 2002)

Blow is a pretty dull attempt to glorify a true story and try to make us sympathise with a character who, quite obviously, is the author of his own misfortune. Were we meant to feel sorry for George Jung?! "Ahh man, the Feds keep busting me for smuggling cocaine and now i'm in jail (again) my drug buddy friends have betrayed me (again) and i've gone and broken another promise to my daughter (again) Oh poor me." Screw you mate, you made your choices. Another user commented that Drugs sell Seats, quite right. This film will only appeal those who sympathise with characters like George, and quite frankly why would you? Johnny Depp was wasted on this movie (no pun intended), and sadly the brutal truth is that the late Ted Demme's talent could have been put to better use on a completely different project - but we will never know. I don't care about the hard times that drug smugglers face - please, no more movies about them.