BLOW

Based on a true story and a book, Blow is about a small town guy, George Jung, who moves out to California at a young age and discovers the economic opportunities he had in dealing pot. After getting caught with over 600 pounds of marijuana and serving jail time, George makes a

deal with his cell mate, Diego, and goes out to Colombia to get involved in the cocaine business. George ends up bringing cocaine to the US in the 70's and making millions, finding a wife and buying expensive cars and everything else he thought he could ever want, but he loses it all very quickly. This movie shows how risky smuggling drugs and selling them is and how at first the constant cash flow seems to give you the glorious life, but the money in fact is not "real" and the happiness George feels is pretend and very temporary. At the end he says he wish he could take everything back, but the process leading to this realization is a roller coaster ride and constantly surprises you with twists and turns in a never ending cycle.

I have to say this film is very po

werful and makes you laugh and cry throughout the entire thing. You will get mad at the characters at times and want to help them at many others and it sucks you into the story. Johnny Depp plays George Jung and does an amazing job of portraying a conflicted drug dealer just searching for his "dream" and a better life. You feel bad for George because he doesn't realize the severity and recklessness of his decisions until it is too late and he is stuck in prison for most of the rest of his life. Depp makes you think, just like his character did, that being a drug dealer does nothing but good things for you and leads you to a carefree, glamorous life, but this mindset is completely changes towards the end of the film when the audience and main character see how a life can be ruined from simple mistakes you make. Today, rappers and movies make drugs and illegal activities seem fun and kids are growing up thinking it is okay to do these things, but this movie effectively proves this point wrong and shows how doing anything illegal will have repercussions one way or another.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19MvJp5FaHg (Trailer)