SPUN

Director: Jonas Akerlund (no major film work)
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Mickey Rourke, Brittany Murphy, John Leguizamo

Here's an idea for a movie: Let's take some hollow, pointless characters, give them no motivations and no story, and watch them do disgusting things. Oh, and there has to be a lot of drug-taking and sex. Alas, the film SPUN has taken my idea. In fact, the *only* notable addition that this film made to my list is that there was one interesting, if not particularly well-written character, portrayed by Mickey Rourke. He gave a good performance. This film is nominally about a methamphetamine (crank) scene in some small southwestern locale. As such, another way to describe this movie is to imagine Trainspotting, but without the story, or interesting characters, or dialogue. And there was less interesting design and camera work as well, although I do have to admit that most of the "drug-trip" animation and camera work was at least palatable. Blah, nonetheless.

Standouts: Mickey Rourke
Blowouts: I blame the director and writers.

Grade: C-