Its one of those movies whose poster repels people. I have come across this movie in Blockbuster many times - and each time I thought its one of those funky LA hip-hop movies. But picked up to watch it yesterday and was deeply shaken by the movie.

The first half of the movie just lazes around without any point with 100s of characters coming in and out. It sort of crystallizes into a something resembling a story in the last 30-40 mins, before shocking your system in a unnerving climax.

Its almost like a scripted movie with drugs, teenagers, guns, violence, sex, endless parties and kidnapping - but shockingly its based on True Story. I didn’t realize it first, but the director kept peppering the screens with timings and various text (eg: Vick’s Bar - Day 3 10:22pm) - which I dismissed as his technique.

Except the lead actor, and a fat Sharon Stone (only in the last reel) - everyone’s acting was exceptional. Particularly the guy who plays the elder brother of the kid. Go see it, it has Bruce Wills and Sharon Stone as guest stars,

[Deliberately vague to avoid possible spoilers]

4/5

Update:  An Indian version of this tragedy happened last week.

"The body of 16-year-old Adnan Patrawala has been found at Navi Mumbai. The persons we have arrested had committed the kidnapping and strangled him to death out of panic when they realised that the kidnap story was being broadcast on television channels," Deputy Commissioner of Police V Chaubey told PTI.