Product: Blow [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 3.0
Blow is an old fashioned morality tale
Beneath its cool, cool surface, blow is an old fashioned morality play about the importance of hard work and family. The right virtues are exemplified by Johnny Depp's father. While Depp achieves great success, it is all based on a lie and eventually his world comes crumbling down and he loses it all. Loosely based on an autobiography, the film never discards its moralistic edge. Indeed you begin to scream at the characters not to be so stupid. But drugs and big money can take their toll. You would think after the first ten million dollars most people would just stop, but the characters lurch onto their destruction.I did feel some sympathy for the central character but then I realised that he helped make the Colombian cocaine kings rich and remembered the devastation that they caused in that country. I think he got off pretty lightly. At least his daughter is still alive.