Rush (1991)

Directed by

Lili Fini Zanuck

Genre

drama film, crime film, neo-noir

Country

United States

Runtime

2h

Rated

R

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 158 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two undercover police officers in the 1970s become addicted to drugs while working a narcotics investigation. They start falsifying evidence under pressure from their chief, and their lives spiral out of control.

grittytensebleakslow-burnunsettlingdarkrawclaustrophobicmorally gray

What happens

Rush is a 1991 American crime drama film directed by Lili Fini Zanuck and based on a novel written by Kim Wozencraft. It stars Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jason Patric as two undercover police officers in the 1970s. They become drug addicts themselves and, under pressure from the chief of police, falsify evidence in some cases. The book and film are both based on a 1978–79 drug scandal involving the Tyler, Texas police department and Smith County, Texas Sheriff's Office. An FBI investigation led to the book's author and her partner pleading guilty to perjury, serving time in federal prison, and testifying in a federal civil rights case against Tyler police chief Willie Hardy, who was found not guilty. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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