White Boy Rick

2018 • 111 minutos

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Set in 1980s Detroit at the height of the crack epidemic and the War on Drugs, WHITE BOY RICK is based on the moving true story of a blue-collar father and his teenage son, Rick Wershe Jr., who became an undercover police informant and later a drug dealer, before he was abandoned by his handlers and sentenced to life in prison.

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Trailer made it look Better So I got suckered in by the trailer, This was a Good Attempt at a True Story in This Era where TV shows like Snowfall & Narcos are popular. I'm a Big Fan of True Crime Stories & This one was M'eh at Best. Good Actors, but it was like the director didn't know how to put the story together in The Final Editing stages. There were scenes in the trailer that didn't make it into the movie. It's a Rental at Best, If you can Download it for Free Give it a Try, but I wouldn't waste any money on it

Good movie that was based on the cocaine trade in 80's Detroit. Most of movie is as close to factual as possible when it comes to Rick. Goes to work for DEA as a snitch at age 15 after his dad gets busted for selling illegal weapons. Ricky makes a common mistake as an niave 15 year old,as if selling crack in Detroit isn't dangerous enough,but taking the word of DEA agents or narcs on a handshake. Well, that's just out right suicidal.

To me this was a great movie. It showed how f$&@-¿ up our government can be taking advantage of our youth then punishing them for it. Loved Matthew McConaughey in it. My type of movie guns drugs showing the corrupt system how they take advantage of the poor in our society. It was based on a true story what you said to me that somebody such a young person went through this sh&$