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Run time: 110 min
Rating: 6.3
Didn't have too high of expectations going in to this one, but seeing Ron Pearlman from SOA got me in my seat. A true story about a kid from Idaho who turns his nothing life into something we all wanted at one time or another growing up, Money & Power. Nate Norman narrates us through his rise and fall as the leader of Idaho's most unassuming team of drug mules.
ReplyDeleteIf I didn't know going in that it was a true story, I would have in no way believed it. From the moment Nate and his best friend Topher hatch their plan, I was hooked. You get a first hand look at how money, power and drugs turn best friends into adversaries who eventually end up only looking out for #1, selling anyone and everyone out to be able to stay out of prison blues.
It's a pretty interesting window to be able to look through, watching their "crack team" of mules go from small time to big time overnight. Eventually doing the exact opposite of what John C. McGinley and his sage Canadian weed grower wisdom advised them against before their first trip across the border. The bragging to friends, throwing raging parties and buying all the toys money can buy, it was that excess and greed that eventually end it all. While it was never my life, I can't lie, the first three-quarters of the movie looked like a pretty fun ride. Basically it's the Wolf of Wall Street for stoners, trading Wall Street for Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and stocks for weed.
First of all this movie has a bad title which makes you think it is a stupid mindless comedy which it is not, it is actually based on true events. The reason I rated it 7 is because it has some truly realistic elements about it starting off with Jonathan Daniel Brown portraying the leading role, not your common type cast for a main character especially in American movies, also other cast members and events were realistic in a way that reminded me of Jessie Pinkman's friends and their Shenanigans in "Breaking Bad". However after the first hour of the movie I just kind of lost interest in the very boring and predicted turn of events and continued watching till the end while playing with my phone….
ReplyDeleteFinal note: Kenny Wormald (talking about bad names…) portraying Topher has a real star quality about him, I wouldn't be surprised seeing him star in something big in the future, maybe there's a good reason why guy's like that get to play the main characters and guy's like Jonathan Daniel Brown usually settle for the side-kick's part.
A well told story that is produced incredibly well for a small budget movie (though you can tell where some of the financing must have come from) delivered by a solid cast who are really not messing around. I am glad to see a movie this good telling a story that most people have a connection to some where. I walked into this movie completely blinded to anything beyond the title, and am thankful of it, but if you want to hear some reason that would make you pick this movie over something else then I would tell you that I really found myself lost in this movie as it was being told, and I know those are mixed metaphors. This mostly young or youthful cast give an almost Goodfellas level performance with the excellent narration work by Jonathan Daniel Brown pulling the story along really fluidly and very naturally. There is no old establishment type stereotypical bunch of munchie seeking dude nonsense. What you are given is a very adult story from a great bunch of professionals of all ages, and from a completely open to new things standpoint. I Enjoyed the fullness of the entire movie, and the delivery from the actors, and so I recommend this to people that are open to the new things that are happening, and some history some people who found their own loop holes.
ReplyDelete8.25 of 10. This is a reality based version of How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2012). It also takes a different approach in the lessons embedded in the story by providing many examples of exactly what not to do. Neither are documentaries, but at the same time contain a great deal of surprising truths.
ReplyDeleteBesides learning by counter-example and having lots of amusing, stranger than fiction scenes, the film throws in the one thing that is exactly what you'd expect with young people with lots of money stuck in Idaho: lots of partying, pursuit of the beautiful, and sex. The filming and perspectives also capture, at least with the women, parts and views that rarely get done well in film or TV. There's an actual appreciation and understanding of women's bodies by the director and camera crew.
Despite the fun, sex, and young cast, the film as a whole is a well-acted tragedy with a deep impact.