A High School Play

statuskuo

score 5/10

Great effort by Mr. Cranston, but I would bet more people wanted to see the story being John Leguizamo's character more than Robert Mazur's we-should-be-scared undercover guy.

There is no singular reason that this movie should've been made. Is it to tell us that undercover cops sometimes cross the line in friendships? Already done..."Donnie Brasco" or that the United States had funded the drug trade in order to set up secret wars? Yep "Traffic." So what's left. Sorry, bones picked waaay too clean by vultures.

The message then becomes...drug dealers are people too. I do enjoy the darkest of humors, as when the sting of the century has unsuspecting criminals celebrating but not realizing they are seconds away from collapse, but the real fun is watching Leguizamo skirt the dirtbags he has to use and befriend in order to get his own adrenaline high. And sometimes the darkest moments are when decisions are made that sever yourself from humanity. There isn't enough mud here to be "Scarface," but a solid effort.

statuskuo 26 July 2016

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw3512658/