Spun

Spun

Jonas Åkerlund does his film debut.

Plot:

Centers around the life and times of drugs and individuals using them.

Review:

You can quite easily tell Jonas Åkerlund is a musicvideo producer gone film producer. Very rapid pace with alot of different angles and just as you have settled on a frame, and grasped what it is trying to tell you, a new one is thrown out. Has fast close-ups on quite unorthodox things like a pimple, a bad tooth, strange bowel movement (!) and of course the sticking of needles into arms. All these close ups get an, according to the director, appropriate sound effect to go with it. This film is a lighthearted one and only really gets "close" out of disgust and/or morbid fascination, for there isnt much of a plot or character depth to speak of. Which of course is the intention with the whole film. Showing the everyday life of a drug addict.

First thing that happens is we find ourselves looking into a room where Fugit ( ), a drug addict,  Spider Mike, a drug dealer, ( John Leguizamo ) and Nikki, girlfriend of drug dealer,( Brittany Murphy ) is sitting around playing video games. They all have their own drug-fueled worlds with basically self-created problems. Ross is later introduced as the main character in this film. Ross is a young man with a newly found fascination for crystal meth and having a car makes him a very popular guy among his his new "friends" that are mentioned above. Ross gets to meet the maker of his drug, " The Cook" (Mickey Rourke) and a wild journey begins. 

It's quite hard to make a decent review out of this simply because its such a ride. Thats the only way one could explain it. This isnt a glorification of drugs nor is is the opposite. It doesn't take a stand whatsoever in my opinion. Its not that kind of film, the purpose of this is simply entertainment. I highly enjoyed it and I also liked the soundtrack with the magnificent Instant Repeater 99 by Soundtrack of our Lives at the end.

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