PAIN HUSTLERS

Loosely based on the true story of disgraced pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics and their drug Subsys, which was a fast acting pain relief spray for cancer patients. However, it contained fentanyl and before long and in an attempt to increase profits, founder John Kapoor, pushed for the drug to be used to treat more minor pain such as migraines, causing patients to get addicted and overdose from the drug. The main players Liza Drake (Emily Blunt), a single and financially struggling mother who's daughter suffers from seizures. Pete Brenner (Chris Evans) her boss who if you probably went by some peoples definition of the phrase "toxic masculinity" his picture would show up and Andy Garcia as Dr. Neel who runs the company is and based upon Kapoor. A decent enough film that plays it safe and if you've ever seen any film about pharmaceutical abuse and false advertising, you're not missing much here as it's basically the same. A big pharma company that's on its deathbed misleads doctors and patients on the results of a single study, push their product while getting said patients addicted, who some then in turn overdose and die. The government comes down on the company and those mainly responsible receive a fine and lite prison sentence. Wash and repeat. Blunt, Evans, and Garcia especially are solid in their respective roles but again, there's nothing to write home about here. 6/10