Product: Blow [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 4.0
Depp is a really great actor
The range of characters he portrays is both broad and diverse. And with each one he brings sincerity and believability. Here he portrays real life drug smuggler George Jung. Jung is a pretty typical product of a middle class upbringing. He dreams of California, girls, and the good life. Unfortunately, like too many of todays youth, he's lazy but obviously very intelligent. He seizes on multiple opportunities and builds the largest cocaine smuggling operation (for it's time) in the U.S.But as ye sow so shall ye reap.Life is grand, for a time, before it all starts to unravel. And the fall is hard.And as great as all the performances were, the film was so predictable that it lost something in the process. But we are certainly privy to see the ill effects of participation in the drug trade and of drug use in particular. The good life may not necessarily be as good as it seems. There's a cost for everything.But certainly enjoyable to watch if not necessarily a film warranting a purchase.