Rush

Based on a gritty, semi-autobiographical novel by author Kim Wozencraft, this crime thriller was adapted for the screen by noir novelist Pete Dexter and marked the directorial debut of producer Lili Fini Zanuck. Jennifer Jason Leigh stars as Kristen Cates, a rookie police officer recruited to partner with Jim Raynor (Jason Patric), an undercover Texas cop trying to infiltrate the criminal ring of major drug dealer Will Gaines (Gregg Allman) in the 1970s. What Kristen isn’t told is that, as part of his deep cover masquerade, Jim must take drugs in order to be convincing and, unsurprisingly, has become an addict. Although this dangerous practice is not acceptable police procedure, Jim and Kristen’s zealous superiors Larry Dodd (Sam Elliott) and Donald Nettle (Tony Frank) are obsessed with taking Gaines down because he has corrupted the daughter of a prominent local citizen. Jim and Kristen, who fall in love and move in together, befriend a petty car thief, Walker (Max Perlich), who has ties to Gaines. Since they both become drug addicts, Jim and Kristen’s case makes little progress, until they clean up and convince Walker to turn on Gaines. Their investigation becomes tainted, however, when they are pressured from above to manufacture false evidence against their target. The soundtrack for Rushcontained the hit song “Tears in Heaven” by Eric Clapton., It isn’t going to be the way you think it is,’ rookie police officer Kristen Cates is warned. ‘It gets ugly, and you get ugly with it.’ Partnered with street-wise narcotics cop, Jim Raynor, Kristen is given a crash course on the demands of undercover work, including the use of drugs-convincingly. The challenge turns into a deadly game when she becomes personally involved with narcotics as well as with her partner. And the consequences could cost her more than her career as her earlier warning rings with an unhinged reality., The harrowing story of two narcotics agents (Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh) who become horribly addicted to the very substance they are supposed to keep off the streets. Supporting cast includes Sam Elliott., A female rookie cop is paired with an undercover officer trying to infiltrate a drug kingpin’s organization. He is forced to partake of illegal substances as part of his cover, and he’s become a junkie. She follows him down this self-destructive path after they become lovers., Powerful and provocative drama starring Jennifer Jason Leigh as a rookie Texas policewoman who goes undercover with Jason Patric to bring a major drug pusher to justice only to join him in becoming a drug user.