Blow

Rating: * * * 1/2 Director: Ted Demme Running time: 123 minutes Language: English Now showing

The 1960s and '70s as seen through a procession of bad haircuts and recreational substances? Well, why not -- history courses through many veins. Director Ted Demme's "Blow" taps into the real-life tale of George Jung, a laid-back boy from Massachusetts who went on to become America's No. 1 drug trafficker, a confidante of Pablo Escobar with $60 million in an offshore bank account.

Johnny Depp in "Blow"