Gridlock'd
1997 · Movie · R · 91 min · ★ 6.6 · 83% critics
After a friend’s overdose jolts them into change, two longtime drug users try to get clean by enrolling in a government detox program. What should be a straightforward step turns into a frustrating maze of paperwork and indifferent offices, while trouble from the streets and the law keeps closing in.
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Details
- Years
- 1997
- Release date
- 1997-01-29
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (244 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a darkly funny, street-level buddy story that skewers bureaucracy while mixing in danger and rough language, in the vein of Citizen Ruth or Wag the Dog; Not for you if you want a tidy plot or a light, upbeat tone.
Pros: dark, sharp humor; strong buddy chemistry; biting bureaucracy satire | Cons: thin, meandering plot; abrupt stopping point; heavy drug-and-violence content
Themes
- escape
- police
- aids
- drug addiction
- suspicion of murder
- withdrawal
Cast & crew
Tim Roth
as Stretch
Tupac Shakur
as Spoon
Thandiwe Newton
as Cookie
Charles Fleischer
as Mr. Woodson
Vondie Curtis-Hall
as D-Reper
Howard Hesseman
as Blind Man
James Pickens Jr.
as Supervisor
Tom Towles
as D-Reper's Henchman
Bokeem Woodbine
as Mud (uncredited)
John Sayles
as Cop #1
Directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall