Movie

Life Is Hot in Cracktown

2009 · 99 min

A grim, unflinching plunge into interconnected lives crushed by addiction, offering little relief but a raw, haunting realism.

Tagline: Be cool. You're so cool. Life is cool in Cracktown.
Overview: Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets. Based on Buddy Giovinazzo's novel "Life is Hot in Cracktown".
How it feels: Bleak, dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Addiction, politics, survival, crime
Content: Strong violence, sexual content and language. Mild gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: addiction
politics
survival
crime
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong