“Crisis” – Already too late? [MOVIE REVIEW]
“Crisis,” the thoughtful film directed and written by Nicholas Jarecki, is definitely worth your consideration. Timing, as has long been said, is everything and this film should have been blessed by the timing of the revelations into the OxyContin industry and the part played by Purdue Pharmaceuticals and the Sackler family. Instead it is damned by the timing of the sexual abuse allegations against the film’s star, Armie Hammer. Still, in a baby with the bathwater comparison, the message and the storytelling in “Crisis” should override the ick factor. “Crisis” tells three intersecting stories about the opioid epidemic. There is the deep undercover investigation led by Jake Kelly tracing a Fentanyl smuggling operation from Canada to the U.S. Kelly’s operation is dependent on complete secrecy in order to establish impeccable credentials with the Canadian boss, Mother. When a young smuggler is caught transporting a significant number of pills through the snowy woods south of Montreal towards the U.S. border, Mother is ready to abandon his deal with Kelly. Someone high up has betrayed Kelly and undermined his operation. Besides calming Mother so he can nab his prey and put a dent in…
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