Spun (Unrated Version) | Jason Schwartzman, Mickey Rourke

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	Spun (Unrated Version) Jason Schwartzman, Mickey Rourke Sony Pictures, 2003 average customer review:based on 128 reviews view larger image
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Three days of epic drug binging become a meth-induced odyssey for college dropout Ross when he becomes the local crystal meth cook's personal driver in exchange for free drugs. Bouncing from one bizarre situation to another Ross slowly slips deeper and deeper into the crazy anonymous world of speed freaks in which there exists no boundaries or morality. With an all star cast including Brittany Murphy Jason Schwartzman John Leguizamo Patrick Fugit Mena Suvari and an unfortunate green dog get ready to see the city through eyes that can't sleep. It's SPUN.DVD FeaturesDirector and Writer's CommentaryProducer and Writer's CommentaryWidescreen PresentationAudio: English 5.1 (Dolby Digital) 2-Channel Dolby Surround French 5.1 (Dolby Digital)Scene SelectionsInteractive MenusMusic VideoSubtitles: English Spanish FrenchDeleted ScenesTheatrical Trailer TV Spot & SPUN Cook TrailerSystem Requirements:Running Time 101 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 043396011663 Manufacturer No: 01166

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You May See Yourself

Every time I watch Spun, I can't help but smile thinking that John Leguizamo was the cute little voice for one of the furry characters in that kids movie Ice Age. In Spun, we find him having phone sex with a lesbian biker (played by Debbie Harry of Blondie) on the other line and he's jumping up and down on the bed working his aparatus thats covered with a sock. It's disturbing and pathetic, but darkly humorous. There is also a spot where Rob Halford of the rock band Judas Priest plays a porn shop clerk. If you are homophobic and one of those macho type males who likes Judas Priest, you may be shocked and may never listen to Priest again. I found the opening theme song, The Number of the Beast, done better than the original creators of that song- Iron Maiden, on any good day! All together, I think the film is a harsh view of a dark reality and what its really like to be on meth and around people who lost all moral ethical values. It speaks of the great apathy of today's youth and so called adults. These are guidless and lost characters, no worse than some people who don't have any drug problems at all and appear to be quite "normal" in society. But there are troubles deep under the facades. A film for the naive and anyone who is curious to see how desparate characters live. You may see yourself.

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amazing movie, it has to be one of the best drug cinema movies ever made.
the whole movie was intense from start to finish and just leaves you in a daze of amazement.

it's a great movie, if you like movies like Requiem for a Dream, you'll absolutely love Spun.

Good job for a "Requiem for a Dream" clone

If it doesn't bother you when a director blatantly rips off another movie, take this one for a spin. It's Requiem for a Dream for the methamphetamine crowd. Not as good, of course, but it's a fun ride. Lots of quick edits, lots of Oliver Stone weird, sweaty, extreme close-ups, and absolutely no substance. It's just a week, or so, in the life of a bunch of speed freaks. Nothing more.

Billy Corgan contributes some good stuff, via Djali Zwan to the soundtrack and gets in a quick cameo. There are lots of cameos alongside the ensemble cast. Leguizamo's a little over the top, and Mena Suvari seemed a little stretched, but all in all not too bad. This is a much better role for Brittany Murphy than Love and Other Disasters. It's a fine line between over-acting and acting like you're freakin' on speed, so I'm not going to complain.

Spun is also surprisingly explicit in a number of ways: Leguizamo's masturbation scene wearing nothing but a sock; the shot of a little turd splashing in the toilet while Sorvino takes a dump; a girl tied to a bed for pretty much the length of the movie, naked and spread eagle with gaffer's tape over her mouth and eyes forced to listen to a skipping CD the whole time.

There is no moral to the story. Heck, there really isn't any story. It's just one big buzz with events. I don't mind that it's a Requiem for a Dream clone in style, not substance. I would imagine this kind of physical film making via power-edits would be difficult to do, and I think this first time director did a credible job.

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