and Michael Moore’s Sicko really show that there is something wrong with the health care system in the U.S. This complaint is not totally fair as the movie takes place in one day and it recognizes that fact by giving one supervisor a speech about how you can not expect to be doing dope for an amount of time and then think the world should stop because one day they decide to stop being a dope fiend.īut it is an interesting statement the movie makes and movies like this, John Q.
The movie is somewhat of a complaint against the system that requires junkies, who mostly have no order in their lives at all other than getting high at set times, to go to “great lengths” to enlist in a detox program and work on a better future. Spoon and Stretch go from office A to office B across town only to hear that the organization has relocated or that they need something like medicaid to enter a program which is really hard to get. Gridlock’d is not so much about junkies detoxing but more a movie about how bad the system works concerning health care and detox programs. A bit reluctant Tim Roth decides to join him in this quest, one that will seem to be harder to accomplish than they’d ever imagined. Eventually she does get hospitalized and while she’s fighting for her life Tupac decides to kick the habit and check himself into a government detox program. On new years eve their female friend Cookie, played by Thandie Newton, overdoses and needs to be rushed to a hospital which for junkies without a car is quite a hassle and shows us the first signs of the failing health care system in America ambulances don’t get send, and when you bring in someone who’s minutes of not seconds away from dying you’re required to take a seat, wait your turn and fill in all kinds of forms before a doctor will take the time and effort to at least look at you. Well people who fall for that trick deserve it! These characters are lighthearted and spirited and the only criminal activities they seem to be having other than shooting up is selling camera boxes filled with bricks to people thinking they’re getting a bargain. You know, the type you immediately like despite the fact that in real life you’ll avoid them like the plague. Here Tupac Shakur and Tim Roth play two movie-junkies named Stretch and Spoon. Gridlock’d was one of the three movies released after Tupacs untimely death and is one of the movies that actually require him to be an actor instead of a retread of his gangster persona he had onstage and in his previous two movies Above The Rim and Bullet. And what a bad day it is, but do we have a bad day when watching this? To quote the tagline for the movie: Good time to kick. What follows is a mixed story about the two walking into walls of bureaucracy, drug related shootings and chases, and the fact that their best friend may die. The movie boasts an amazing cast in addition to Purcell and Hackman which includes Stephen Lang, Trish Stratus, Danny Glover, Vinnie Jones, and Saul Rubinek.Gridlock’d is a tale about two junkies who on new years day decide to kick it after bringing their OD’ing girlfriend to the emergency room. Still, Ungar and Robol do great work in balancing the two, though a small amount of the jokes fell flat for me. The film may deliver plenty of laughs, but the violence and action does get gruesome and realistic. This highly lovable throwback by writer/director Allan Ungar, who co-wrote the film with Rob Robol, wears its obvious influences on its sleeves, but has enough original and modern charms of its own. The gruff, no-nonsense Hendrix and the smart-ass, wise cracking Walker definitely butt heads, but are forced to put their differences aside when a criminal attack occurs at a police station. After a recent run-in with law, Walker has been sentenced to ride along with a police officer instead of doing real time in prison. The film stars Dominic Purcell as David Hendrix, a hardcore, highly skilled detective forced to assist Hollywood actor Brody Walker (Cody Hackman) with his court-mandated sentence. Fans of that era/genre will no doubt love this movie and all that it has to offer. As a fan of 80s and 90s action movies, I had an absolute blast with this movie.
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