Editorial Review

"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. Read more

Features

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby
• NTSC

Reviews (29)

Rush is Best Damn Drug Film Ever
You must see if you grew up in the late 70's & 80's.So realistic it is scary.

Rush Kept Me Going
Moment by moment this movie kept my attention lots of action, greatstory line and excellent acting.I started watching this late at night and thought I might doze off in it.Not a chance it was thrilling the whole way through.

Not as gripping as the book
This movie was nowhere near as entertaining as the novel it was based on: Smith County Justice by David Ellsworth.If you are lucky enough to find a copy of this "not in circulation" book, read it.It is a gripping reality check a/b Texas Justice. Thirty years later, Smith County in Tyler, Texas, isn't very different. God Bless TEXAS!!!!!!!!
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Subjects:  1. Drama    2. Feature Film-drama    3. Movie   

Editorial Review

"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. Read more

Features

• Color
• NTSC

Reviews (29)

Rush is Best Damn Drug Film Ever
You must see if you grew up in the late 70's & 80's.So realistic it is scary.

Rush Kept Me Going
Moment by moment this movie kept my attention lots of action, greatstory line and excellent acting.I started watching this late at night and thought I might doze off in it.Not a chance it was thrilling the whole way through.

Not as gripping as the book
This movie was nowhere near as entertaining as the novel it was based on: Smith County Justice by David Ellsworth.If you are lucky enough to find a copy of this "not in circulation" book, read it.It is a gripping reality check a/b Texas Justice. Thirty years later, Smith County in Tyler, Texas, isn't very different. God Bless TEXAS!!!!!!!!
Read more

Subjects:  1. Drama    2. Foreign Film - Spanish/Misc Sa    3. Movie