Brutal and relentless anti-drug film.

Rating: Null/10 (20 June 2001)

A bleak and disturbing tale of four individuals whose lives are ruined by drug addictions. The actors all do an outstanding job, especially Ellen Burstyn playing the pill-popping mother of heroin addict Jared Leto. The stunning visuals and fast-paced editing were superb as well, and the haunting original score by Clint Mansell helps to provide the movie with a suitably eerie atmosphere. Even though the film itself seems a bit empty and overdone when examined closely, you will be too engrossed in the film's disquieting trance to even notice.