I never really had any intentions to see Blow, but when my in-laws invited me I thought, "Who am I to turn down a free movie".

I never really had any intentions to see Blow, but when my in-laws invited me I thought, "Who am I to turn down a free movie". When I walked into the theater I had no idea what the movie was about, but I'm not a total idiot so I gathered from the name cocaine was involved. I was in for a pleasant surprise.

Blow is the true story of George Jung (Johnny Depp) and how he rose from a poor kid in Massachusetts to one of the largest American importers of cocaine in the 70's and 80's. The movie begins by giving you a background of George's childhood, he had a great dad who worked his ass off, a selfish mother, and a family always strapped for cash. When George graduates he and his pal Tuna decide to pack there bags and head to California. This is where they are introduced to pot and the money that can be made selling it. George inherits his fathers hard working values and quickly builds an extremely profitable marijuana import and sales business. The business grows, George goes to jail a couple of times, he get's involved with some heavy hitters in Columbia, this and that, and you should just go see it.

I really hate to give away any more of the story because one thing that made the movie so enjoyable for me was the fact that I didn't know the story. So I'll just tell you why you should go see it. If you're an aspiring drug dealer you could probably learn a thing or to about the business. Shit, halfway through the movie I was contemplating getting into the business. Just kidding, but it is a real look into a part of society that most of us will never see. Can you imagine having a party that has serving platters with big mounds of cocaine on them as appetizers? Me neither. One thing I noticed is George has had a bunch of selfish woman in his life beginning with his mother. Damn, his mother was a sell-out bitch. The movie definitely leaves you walking out the door a little anti-woman and feeling sorry for his poor father living with that schlag is whole life. I love the collective "Ah Shit" from the theater viewers when it's revealed what happens to George's 60 million dollar retirement egg. Are you dieing to know what happens or what? Heh, I'm a bastard and I don't know how to write movie reviews so I'm not telling you shit.

The movie felt more like an A&E bio or a VH1 Behind the Music without the music than a feature film except there's cursing and breasts. I think there were breasts. Hmmm... maybe there weren't breasts. Regardless, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and highly recommend it. This is your chance to see Johnny Depp looking supa-fresh in those Members Only jackets from the 80's.

Additional note: You may be wondering why I only gave it a 7 and I just finished raving about it. Well my rating system is like this. A 10 is a movie so good you own it and watch it once maybe twice a year. Movies I would give a 10 are Gladiator and The Matrix. A 5 is just an average movie, I enjoyed it but I probably won't watch it again. A 1 is something I couldn't finish watching. I've never seen a 1. But a good example of a 2 would be The Beach, I barely finished watching that and it fucking sucked moose cock.