Holy crap!

Rating: 10/10 (8 July 2004)

This movie really shook me up. This is why I had to give it 10/10. Any movie that gets me thinking (even if it makes me feel bad) is a good one.
This movie sucks you into the lives of these four souls as they are consumed by drugs (3 heroin, 1 speed). The quick cuts of cutting drugs, shooting, blood flowing through veins, pupils dilating is very powerful. The quick cuts get faster until things spiral totally out of control.
I've know my share of junkies. This movie is if anything kind to the world of heroin use. The junkie in this movie are more together than the ones I knew (note the tense).
When my sons are about 14 I'll show them this movie. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a "just say no" person. I'm a legalize all drugs and educate people. If we spent all the billions we spent on law enforcement on educating people we would have less junkies in this world. I have no doubt about that. This movie IS education.
10/10. Made my skin crawl like the "the Fly" 1986 did.