Downward spiraling tale of 4 drug addicts, what else is new?

Rating: 6/10 (18 August 2002)

If you want to make sure your kids never do drugs take them to this movie. The story is familiar. Everything is ok when you are shooting cocaine. But when the addiction sets in and you can't get a fix things turn bad. The story imitates life too closely. Its not art its plain truth. The movie would have been good as a documentary. There are no heroes, no villains. No battles won, no triumphs. The lives of the 4 addicts begin bad and get worse. That's what drugs do. You know it, you've seen it. Do you really want to see it again? I say this movie should be required viewing for every 14 year old high school kid. Did I like it? No. Did it effect me? Yes. A 6 for its emotional effect.