no pun intended
(spoiler)
Whoever above said that it was a straight rip of Goodfellas was right. Everything from the narrative style, to the way they started at the end and then came full circle. But hell, if you're gonna bite, might as well bite a classic.

I read that Paul Reubens' character is a composite of a lot of different characters because George Jung's REAL west coast connection is still on the run and didn't want his real name used in the flick.

Overall a very good flick. Not as didactic as "Traffic," it had a real human touch to it. Especially the part at the end before George gets caught and he goes to tell his pops that he's not gonna turn himself in. You can just see the way George's lifestyle has caused his father to worry about him and age faster. That shit was really emotional.

And at the end of the flick when they showed the real George Jung. Damn!!! That nigga looked bad. What I didn't understand though, is how he lost all his money at the bank. Did the government put a freeze on his assets or something?

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