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RUSH
Directed by Lili Fini Zanuck; with Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Sam Elliott, Max Perlich, Gregg Allman, Tony Frank, William Sadler,
and Special K. McCray
1991
ased on
the true story of narcotics agent Kim Wozencraft who succumbed to addiction
while undercover on a case in Tyler, Texas, in the 1970s, Rush
is a gritty account of the perils that law enforcement agents face in
the war against drugs. Jason Patric is intense as the experienced Raynor,
an undercover cop who shoots up with the dealers to prove he is one
of them and convinces his inexperienced partner (Leigh) to do the same.
By the end of the film, we discover that these two might not be cops
posing as drug addicts, but drug addicts pretending to be cops. Wozencraft
spent time in prison for her addiction, where she kept the journals
that were later formed into a novel and adapted for the screen. If it's
not altogether apparent that Rush was filmed in Houston, this
local true-crime tragedy is a reminder that the drug trade also exists
under the big skies of Texas, and that more than just tourists and illegal
aliens pass back and forth over the border we share with Mexico.
ased on
the true story of narcotics agent Kim Wozencraft who succumbed to addiction
while undercover on a case in Tyler, Texas, in the 1970s, Rush
is a gritty account of the perils that law enforcement agents face in
the war against drugs. Jason Patric is intense as the experienced Raynor,
an undercover cop who shoots up with the dealers to prove he is one
of them and convinces his inexperienced partner (Leigh) to do the same.
By the end of the film, we discover that these two might not be cops
posing as drug addicts, but drug addicts pretending to be cops. Wozencraft
spent time in prison for her addiction, where she kept the journals
that were later formed into a novel and adapted for the screen. If it's
not altogether apparent that Rush was filmed in Houston, this
local true-crime tragedy is a reminder that the drug trade also exists
under the big skies of Texas, and that more than just tourists and illegal
aliens pass back and forth over the border we share with Mexico. 
