It has long been my hope, since first watching this film twice in the fall of 2006, that Caruso would make another smart and tightly prefigured, genre-mixing low budget film. Unfortunately, his most recent productions have been Shia LaBeouf vehicles aimed at teen audiences. With a handful of titles in development, perhaps he can make another fantastic film.
Tony Gayton wrote this script, which blends drug, revenge, noir, and melodramatic aspects, simply as a sample of his abilities. Luckily, someone decided to do something more than read it. The result is a stylish, emotion-laden, and double-twisted film inhabited with a brew of strange characters, the most overt being a nose-less, drug-dealing Vincent D’Onofrio named Pooh-bear. But it was not the diverse group of characters, varied stylistic devises, or emotional impact that pleased me. It was the flawless synthesis of all these that prompted the film’s immediate addition to my favorites list back in late 2006. The initial writing of my thoughts, while perhaps correct, was inherently giddy and kind of annoying.
The most recent movie to make me cry since Requiem for a Dream, one of my new favorite movies of all times, this film never lags in interest and held my attention throughout, twice in a row. Val Kilmer plays a trumpet player turned speed junkie/ police informant whose wife is killed (I cant tell how/why, you have to witness it yourself.) Making drug deals with dealers like Bobby Ocean and Pooh Bear whose nose falls off from excessive snorting. Vincent D’Onofrio delivers such an amazing performance I didn’t know it was him, and still don’t.
Some of the best parts of the movie are the drug culture vignettes and narrations, in depth looks into the look of speed freaks and methamphetamine laboratory scientists. The entire movie is well shot and contains edits that made my crotch explode with jealousy. I loved this movie in all aspects and simply want to threaten everyone to see it rather than review it. OMG. LOL. XD. HOLYSHIT.
But seriously this intensely good movie is my new computer desktop and had been on my to-see list for far too long. Fantastically powerful and artistically beautiful, everyone should see this film (except people that don’t like violence, drugs, cowboys, badgers, or tattoos.) See it!
I would like to hope that my ability to express my interest in a certain film has advanced in the past 4 years, even if not by much. Regardless, this film still holds up 4 years later and 8 years after it’s release.
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