Blow starts off on a roaring cinematic high, but then it collapses into darkness and depression.
And though, to some extent, that's the effect director Ted Demme wants, the movie goes too far. Blow is about life in the fast lane, as told by Jung, who helped design the highway. Though it's based on a real-life story, it's not as convincing as the fictional Traffic . But Blow , based on Bruce Porter's book, is a magnificent opportunity blown. It seems unlikely Blow could fail to be an instructive, exciting movie.