well made (minor spoilers)

Rating: 8/10 (2 February 2004)

The film's style is influenced by Goodfellas, but it is well executed. Cinematography and acting are excellent. The sweeping story is about a man who is an opportunistic entrepreneur whose business happens to be selling drugs. Since his drugs were responsible for messing up millions of lives, it would be easy to call him an evil man. But the film portrays him as being merely self-serving, like any good capitalist. He never thought about the consequences of his profession (since he himself was a druggie). I think his real downfall was his greed. He should have stopped while he was ahead.