Movie Review: Blow

The film shows how a boy from small town becomes millionaire and later on imprisoned. George Jung (Johnny Depp) recalls how he had seen his father lose all his money and become bankrupt when he was young. He decides that he won’t live like that in future. 

The film skips to the part where Jung, now an adult, arrives at California with his friend Tuna. They make other friends there. Tuna proposes the idea of selling weed. They along with the help of the main dealer Derek start making a good amount of money with that weed. Their business grows but eventually Jung is caught and imprisoned for 26 months, there he meets Diego Delgado who has contacts with Medellin cocaine cartel and he proposes the idea of smuggling cocaine. After they are set free they join hands with the cocaine king Pablo Escobar. George Jung now starts making huge amount of fortune and marries Mirtha Jung (Penelope Cruz). They both have a daughter whom they name Kristina sunshine. From here on George’s downfall starts, he’s arrested; he loses the support of his friends Derek and Diego and later on even his wife and daughter. The movie has a very emotional ending and thus it’s not fair to reveal it here. The movie sometimes becomes slow but for biography lovers, it’s a recommended one.

Let me share some trivia also with you about George Jung, he had been released from prison two days ago after serving 20 years, Jung will live in a halfway house on the west coast while he readjusts to society.