The Boost
United States
1988
95 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
Synopsis
Lenny and Linda Brown move to California to find their fortune in tax shelter investments. When the federal government changes the tax laws, poor Lenny finds himself $700,000 in hock with nowhere to turn. His friend, Joel, introduces him to cocaine to give Lenny that needed “boost”. What ensues next is a descent into drug addiction and insanity as Lenny tries to regain control of his life, all the while needing that extra “boost”. —IMDb
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Danny Bailey
11Mar11
james woods' convincing performance as a drug addict is all that is good about this lackluster picture
Charles Deckert
22Jul10
Nothing like a coke-fuelled, raging James Woods to depict the horrors of addiction and the vacuum excess eventually brings those desperately flapping their failing Icarus wings to reach the sunlight of success. Although maybe not as intense as Reqiuem For a Dream twelve years later, it still serves as a great tragedy.
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