🎬 Pain Hustlers (2023) A Story of Ambition, Morality, and a System Gone Wrong

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Normally, I wouldn’t pick Pain Hustlers to watch. On Netflix, it’s labeled as a drama, and that’s not usually my go-to genre. However, when I checked IMDb and saw a 6.6 rating, which I consider pretty good, and read that it’s based on real events, I decided to give it a try.

And I m glad I did.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15257160/

A drama, but not only this. A (true) drug crime, and a docudrama (first time I saw this document+drama) as it is based on a book, that is based on true events (you see details at the end of the movie)

Story:

Liza dreams of a better life for herself and her daughter. Hired to work for a bankrupt pharmaceutical company, Liza skyrockets with sales and into the high life, putting her in the middle of a federal criminal conspiracy.

The movie starts in an interesting way. We see people testifying to the police, while at the same time, we catch glimpses of a divorced woman’s life,strong but struggling to survive and raise her daughter in difficult circumstances.

I can’t say that Emily Blunt is one of my favorite actresses, but every time I’ve seen her in a film, she has done a good job, and this one is no exception.

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All the actors were great and to be honest I only realized that I was seeing Andy Garcia when I checked out the cast!

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If you dont remember who Catherine is, she was the mum in Home Alone

The story revolves around a pharmaceutical company that’s about to shut down, until Liza enters the scene in an unexpected way. Suddenly, following Liza's initiatives and talent, the company starts to blossom, making huge profits and turning everyone’s life around.

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Everyone’s happy, or not?

Soon, things take a darker turn. Something starts happening to the patients taking the company’s drug. Some things catch the police attention.

Will they get caught? What what’s really been going on behind the scenes, is something you’ll have to discover by watching the movie yourself.

Overall, Pain Hustlers is a film that combines ambition, greed, and moral dilemmas in a story that feels all too real. In my opinion, it is definitely worth watching, especially knowing that it’s inspired by true events.

You can watch the trailer here:

Screenshots are taken from imdb & from the movie trailer

Thank you for your support, I hope that you will enjoy it!

About the book:
The book is called
"Pain Hustlers: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup," which was originally published as "The Hard Sell" by Evan Hughes. It was the source material for the 2023 movie of the same name.
Author: Evan Hughes
Original title: "The Hard Sell"
Topic: The book is a non-fiction account of the pharmaceutical startup Insys Therapeutics and its aggressive, sometimes deceptive, marketing of a powerful fentanyl-based painkiller.

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Every time I see a pharmaceutical related movie, I am often left curious about fentanyl. I wonder, what makes that substance so powerful that once injected into drugs, it becomes addictive?

It's science I know, chemistry, I know but my curiosity still never leaves me. Fentanyl always makes it to a company who want their drugs to be addictive and profitable.

I saw pain hustlers and I wasn't disappointed too. It was worth the time and resources invested.

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Thank you so much Sherah!
To be honest I did not know about this substance until I watched the film.
As I understand it is highly addictive because it is an opioid and also reacts with our pain sensors. The higher the dosage, the more addictive it becomes, but with serious side-effects.
I feel really sad for patients that have to endure significant pain, and I am sure that there should be drugs to make it easier for them, but not at the expense of their life quality (or to be used in other cases as we saw in the movie)
Again, thank you for your comment!
!LADY

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We are in the same shoes. Pain hustlers is also the film that introduced me to the substance.

I started being conscious of the word when it gets mentioned in other films.

You will see it mentioned a lot in films that drugs are being abused, a drug company is being targeted by the Feds, those who deal cocaines, etc.

I feel really sad for patients that have to endure significant pain, and I am sure that there should be drugs to make it easier for them, but not at the expense of their life quality

I feel the same way too.

Again, thank you for your comment!

Thank you for thanking me. It was a good read.

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