White Boy Rick started off pretty well. I knew nothing about it and didn't know the background of the 'true story.' After watching the movie, I'm not sure I do now either. The movie had good people in it, but it plodded along pretty slow. When the story seemed to pick up or get interesting, it just dropped right back off and went kind of limp.
It left more questions for me after than I had at the beginning, and never really gave any answers. Just when it had the opportunity to wrap up all the questions, it stopped, leaving giant plot holes. Rick was supposed to turn into a drug kingpin. They movie barely even told you how he got into selling the drugs and did NOT ever show him as a 'kingpin.' Barely a low-level street dealer. So how were we supposed to believe he was this 'kingpin?' Here are some more holes you could drive a truck through:
1. Why did that kid shoot Rick? He apologizes, then shoots him -- Which makes me think someone sent him. Who? Rick gets out of the hospital and works right in the same circle of people as the guy who shot him. Why wouldn't they want to shoot him again? Why would Rick go back there? Everyone acted like nothing ever happened.
2. If he ever did become a 'kingpin,' he was selling in the same area as the guys who shot him earlier. Drug dealers are extremely territorial. Why would the let him cut in on their action? Why would they let him in the door of their hangout? It was almost like they started working for him, but they didn't really elaborate on that. Again, they shot Rick earlier... Why not kill him to stop him from dealing in their spots?
3. Who had the 8 kilos of drugs? Where was it? The police busted Rick for it, but never showed he even had it.
4. Were we really supposed to feel sorry for a drug dealer going to jail? He begged his dad to let him deal drugs. He started dealing drugs. He got busted for drugs and went to prison for dealing drugs. What's the confusion? The end of the movie turned weird... like we were supposed to hate on the judicial system for putting criminals in jail or over-punishing them. It was like a propaganda piece developed to say the police framed him and his sentence was extremely harsh and we should blame the crooked police and the judicial system and feel sorry for the drug dealer for getting life in prison. I kind of felt sorry for him because the movie did a very poor job in showing how much he was dealing. It hardly showed him distributing at all. But if he was a child 'kingpin,' like the ads and movie posters say, then he belongs in prison.
5. What happened to his baby's mother? She only showed up when the baby was born, then was gone for the rest of the movie a minute later.
It would have been much easier to watch something else than to walk away with all these unanswered questions.
It left more questions for me after than I had at the beginning, and never really gave any answers. Just when it had the opportunity to wrap up all the questions, it stopped, leaving giant plot holes. Rick was supposed to turn into a drug kingpin. They movie barely even told you how he got into selling the drugs and did NOT ever show him as a 'kingpin.' Barely a low-level street dealer. So how were we supposed to believe he was this 'kingpin?' Here are some more holes you could drive a truck through:
1. Why did that kid shoot Rick? He apologizes, then shoots him -- Which makes me think someone sent him. Who? Rick gets out of the hospital and works right in the same circle of people as the guy who shot him. Why wouldn't they want to shoot him again? Why would Rick go back there? Everyone acted like nothing ever happened.
2. If he ever did become a 'kingpin,' he was selling in the same area as the guys who shot him earlier. Drug dealers are extremely territorial. Why would the let him cut in on their action? Why would they let him in the door of their hangout? It was almost like they started working for him, but they didn't really elaborate on that. Again, they shot Rick earlier... Why not kill him to stop him from dealing in their spots?
3. Who had the 8 kilos of drugs? Where was it? The police busted Rick for it, but never showed he even had it.
4. Were we really supposed to feel sorry for a drug dealer going to jail? He begged his dad to let him deal drugs. He started dealing drugs. He got busted for drugs and went to prison for dealing drugs. What's the confusion? The end of the movie turned weird... like we were supposed to hate on the judicial system for putting criminals in jail or over-punishing them. It was like a propaganda piece developed to say the police framed him and his sentence was extremely harsh and we should blame the crooked police and the judicial system and feel sorry for the drug dealer for getting life in prison. I kind of felt sorry for him because the movie did a very poor job in showing how much he was dealing. It hardly showed him distributing at all. But if he was a child 'kingpin,' like the ads and movie posters say, then he belongs in prison.
5. What happened to his baby's mother? She only showed up when the baby was born, then was gone for the rest of the movie a minute later.
It would have been much easier to watch something else than to walk away with all these unanswered questions.