A near-parody of hyper-kinetic action pictures with aspirations to cutting-edge style, this cocky, vulgar and very noisy picture revolves around a wonder drug that's synthesized from cheap, untraceable chemicals and delivers a high 51 times better than cocaine, ecstasy, LSD and heroin combined. The story opens in 1971, as newly-graduated pharmacist Elmo McElroy (Samuel L. Jackson) is cruising in his automobile, puffing a joint and grooving on some funky sounds. The cop who pulls him over isn't down with the do-your-own-thing vibe: "The sixties are over," he snarls, and so is McElroy's future in legitimate pharmaceutical research. Thirty years later, Elmo works for a ...
Released:
2002
Rated:
R
Length:
92 mins