Time to mainline a little Aronofsky

Rating: Null/10 (9 July 2001)

Okay, I know what you've all been thinking. After watching 'Pi', you've all been thinking, hoping, wishing... Wouldn't it be great if Darren Aronofsky could take that hip, edgy, New York style of his and apply it to a good descent-into-hell story like, say, Trainspotting? And while he's at it, maybe throw out all the playfulness that Danny Boyle brought to the subject matter?
Well, you're in luck. Requiem for a Dream is all that and more. Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Marlon Wayans, and the luscious Jennifer Connelly put in marvelous performances as four New Yorkers each piloting their own plane crashes. But it's Aronofsky's direction that keeps you watching when your conscious mind is screaming at you to "Eject! Eject! Get out of this movie before it's too late!"
It was too late from the beginning. Like the addictions depicted, it's not always possible to stop even when you know you should.