Jim Carroll (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a high school basketball player. His life centers around the basketball, and his dream is being a basketball star. Once in a while he gets stoned with his friends, and step by step, he falls into the dark world of crime and drugs. Once his mother expelled him out of the house, he goes into the streets of New York, and together with his friends they take drugs for which they steal, rob and even kill. As the time pass, Jim's situation becomes worse. It looks like he will never get out from the his drug addiction.
One reason why I'm not a fan of drugie movies, they're so depressing. About 60-70 minutes of the film is Leo just totally destroying himself. I'll give Leonardo DiCaprio mega props for doing a great job in this film. He was 21 when it was released and he looked about 15 or 16 (which was the age of the character). Same thing applies to Mark Wahlberg who was 24 and did a great job in only his 3rd film.
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