Product: Blow [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 3.0
Does Blow really blow ?
This, I felt, was a good movie but it was hard to retract from the fact that George Jung was personally responsible for selling drugs in the US which is now responsible for millions of addictions and thousands of deaths.Having said all that, this was a great film to watch though it did surprise me somewhat. Basically, this movie is about a guy named George Jung who was the first american to smuggle cocaine into the US.It shows his life story from humble beginnings in dope selling to the high rolling stakes of cocaine smuggling. As to the reason why this filmed surprised me ? It is because I wasn�t interested in the fact that cocaine had dealt the US with a major drug problem, rather the plight of George Jung himself ( and his parents ) and what he was like.At best, this movie portrayed George Jung as a humble kid who turned into a drug lord ( in which he deserved what he got ). Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz and the two Aussie actors Cliff Curtis and Rachel Griffiths played their characters well enough for all of us to believe that George Jung was only trying to earn a living at what he did best: selling drugs.Look, I did like the movie and the characters but am a tad suspicious as to how an audience is to react to a movie like this ? At the end of the day I do have to admit that this was a very good movie. Overall, I�ll give it a 3.5/5