Disturbing Movie that will make you never touch drugs

Rating: 8/10 (20 September 2019)

I've never used drugs in my life but this movie truly makes a great effort in showing what drugs can do to people regarding physical, psychological and behavioural aspects.
I just finished watching this movie and Oh My God is it disturbing, where you really feel the torment of heavy drug addiction and how it controls the users body. What the characters do in order to get their drugs just makes you sick, sad and disturbed all at the same time.
The movie is all about feelings and emotions of the viewer. With sound effects, music and surreal settings you are put in a disturbing mood from the start which also changes and escalates throughout the film - Really Brilliant way of getting the audience not just watch, but also feel the agony of the main characters. I also liked how the drug addiction starts with some "good times" where they enjoyed getting high, ending up with desperation and having to do literally anything to get the necessary drugs just to not shake from abstinence.
This is the first performance I've seen with Marlon Wayans where he's not in a comedy and man is he good! Most actors a great, especially Ellen Burstyn.
This is my first view now in 2019 and I do feel that there are some flaws. Jared Leto is good but some of his lines felt forced like the repeated phrases "Ma!" and "...for Chrissakes!" which is too bad. The style of the movie reminded me of the TV show "24" which is also an early 2000's work which for me feels a bit out dated. Not really the movie's fault that I saw it first in 2019 but the overall score for me is a solid 8/10 with a high recommendation to see it.