
The Basketball Diaries(1995)
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.


“How far do they go before they've gone too far?”
Undercover cop Jim Raynor is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates, is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down the notoriously hard-to-capture drug lord Gaines. While their relationship turns romantic during the assignment, they also turn into junkies, and will have to battle their own addictions if they want to bring down Gaines once and for all.

Jason Patric
Jim Raynor

Jennifer Jason Leigh
Kristen Cates

Sam Elliott
Dodd

Max Perlich
Walker

Gregg Allman
Gaines

William Sadler
Monroe

Tony Frank
Nettle
Special K. McCray
Willie Red

Dennis Letts
Senior District Attorney

Dennis Burkley
Motorcycle Guy
Rush is a crime, drama film released in 1991 exploring themes of heroin, paranoia, texas, cocaine, investigation, cold turkey. Directed by Lili Fini Zanuck, it stars Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott. Undercover cop Jim Raynor is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates, is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down the notoriously hard-to-capture drug lord Gaines. While their relationship turns romantic during the assignment, they also turn into junkies, and will have to battle their own addictions if they want to bring down Gaines once and for all.
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