Yet another pathetic attempt to glorify drug abuse!

Rating: 9/10 (24 December 2002)

This movie follows in the long history of movies such as: Reefer Madness, Assassin of Youth, and Star Wars which attempts to glorify drug use by painting it's users and the long term effects in a positive light. This movie is disturbing and disgraceful in the way it seems to suggest to impressionable young minds that if you do drugs you will be cool. The movie stars Judd Nelson as a young man who can't seem to get along with his mother. He begins shooting heroin and suddenly they have something in common vso she gives him her tv. When he watches tv he sees Patrick Dempsey and Lil' Bow Wow and wants to be just like them. Soon he is an actor and hollywood with a nice haircut, all thanks to heroin. The mother meanwhile has always been doing heroin, but decides that her life will be even better if she begins popping pills. She does, and soon she is young, think and sexy enough that she can go on a game show and win. The message here is that: drugs make you smarter, sexier, more successful. Judd Nelson's girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez, does less drugs then him, but she likes pot. So she leaves him to go get stoned with a mathematician. They smoke and then do important secret work for the government. Again we get the message: drugs make you smarter & more successful. Finally Judd's friend, played by Damon Wayans smokes cigarettes, then dresses up as a clown who is also a detective. He is really good at busting people by nocking them out with a sock and shouting "homie don't play croquet!" Again, same message: drugs make you successful!"
Youth of America: This movie is a lie. Drugs are not cool. Do not think for a minute that if you do heroin you will end up rich and famous like the people in Requiem for A Dream! If you do heroin you will end up face down in the dirt with charlie firing his ak-47 up your a** like in full metal jacket.
2.43/10