Shooting Heroin is a 2019 American action thriller drama film written and directed by Spencer T. Folmar and starring Alan Powell, Sherilyn Fenn, Cathy Moriarty, Nicholas Turturro, Garry Pastore, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs, Rachel Hendrix, Ola Ray and Brian O'Halloran.

Shooting Heroin
Directed bySpencer Folmar
Written bySpencer Folmar
Produced bySpencer Folmar
Mark Joseph
StarringAlan Powell
Sherilyn Fenn
Cathy Moriarty
Nicholas Turturro
Garry Pastore
Lawrence Hilton Jacobs
Rachel Hendrix
Brian O'Halloran
CinematographyJohn Honore
Edited bySpencer Folmar
Music byMike Newport
Production
company
SpenceTF Productions
Distributed byHard Faith
Release date
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cast

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Release

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The film premiered at the Rowland Theater in October 2019.[1] Then it was released on April 3, 2020.[2]

Reception

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The film has a 61% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on eighteen reviews.[3]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a negative review and wrote, "America’s opioid crisis would seem too dire a subject to receive shallow cinematic treatment. So it’s ironic, then, that Spencer T. Folmar’s thriller suffers from not quite being exploitative enough."[2]

Owen Gleiberman of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Shooting Heroin gives the emotions of vengeance a minor workout, only to come out the other side of them. The film argues, in theory, for a richer understanding of the problem."[4]

Alan Ng of Film Threat rated the film a 7 out of 10 and wrote, "Shooting Heroin is a good story and a good movie with the best of intentions."[5]

Carlos Aguilar of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review and wrote, “ However, it never resorts to exploitative images in order to sear its point with gruesomeness, and that’s commendable.”[6]

References

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  1. ^ Cioppa, Jordan (October 22, 2019). "Clearfield County native premieres his new film "Shooting Heroin"". WJAC-TV. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Scheck, Frank (April 13, 2020). "'Shooting Heroin': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  3. ^ "Shooting Heroin". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  4. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (April 3, 2020). "'Shooting Heroin': Film Review". Variety. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  5. ^ Ng, Alan (March 31, 2020). "Shooting Heroin". Film Threat. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  6. ^ Aguilar, Carlos (April 3, 2020). "Review: Guilt and revenge limit the options for solving 'Shooting Heroin's' opioid crisis". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
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