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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5050070009897
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Region Code: 2
Sales Rank: 194474
Theatrical Release Date: January 17, 1992
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
'It's an ugly world,' warns brooding undercover cop Jason Patric to his naive rookie partner Jennifer Jason Leigh. 'You get ugly with it.' First-time director Lili Fini Zanuck brings both accomplished style and three-days-without-a-shower grit to this tough adaptation of Kim Wozencraft's book, the real-life story of two undercover narcotics agents who succumb to the rush of the drugs and the danger while building a case in rural Texas in 1974. This isn't an action film, but a harrowing, tense drama in which sudden death hangs over every drug deal and the so-called rules no longer exist. Patric and Leigh give riveting performances as the compromised cops trying to survive the self-destructive spiral into addiction, and Gregg Allman is memorable in an almost wordless performance as a shady bar owner. Eric Clapton's bluesy score and a soundtrack of well-chosen roadhouse tunes perfectly set the time and the tone. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Please
Do yourself a favor and read Smith-County Justice, It is un-freaking believable to read what actually went down in Smith County. The movie is good, just not as good as the book,
Rating:  - I've been spoiled by The Wire
I finally saw this movie 17 years after it's initial release. I remember at the time it came out, it was lauded as a groundbreaking film for it's brutal honesty. I can certainly see, given the aesthetics of hollywood at the time, why many people saw this movie as a milestone in the drugs crime genre. I consider myself a well versed film buff, so I have full confidence when I say that this film doesn't hold up, compared to even older films such as The French Connection, or The Godfather. I'm also ... Read More
Rating: - DVD Action/Good acting, especially Jason Patric
Jason Patric is great in this film. It's a little disturbing but a good story.
Rating:  - wow! what a movie
THIS MOVIE IS AWESOME, IT IS ACTION PACKED AND LEAVES YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT! I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE TO ANYONE! JUST COMPLETLY AWESOME!
Rating: - Awesome movie!
This is not an action packed movie. But it more than makes up for it. It is about a couple of narcotics detectives who get strung out. Very good. Very similar to NARC, which jason patric is also starring in.
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