Drugs: an Educational Ride Through the Year 2099
Do you want the "good ending" or the "bad ending"?
Genres
Overview
Director Owain Hollett's debut film is a science fiction anti-humor satire about the United States' over-perspective drug and opioid crisis. Set in the year 2099, the pharmaceutical companies govern the world. They've forced drugs down every citizen's throats from birth, and now everyone is a customer. Only Owen2 can prevent this future from unfolding by sending a documentary about the future to the past. However, is this "future" that different form the present...?
Details
Budget
$100
Revenue
$0
Runtime
32 min
Release Date
2019-02-26
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
9
Owain Hollett
Junkboy/Owen2
Will Pringle
Raindrop
Sarah Carere
Unnmed Suicidal Tweaker
Adam Inniss
Renchman
Neil Jagodzinski
Razorclops
Andrew Petrushevsk
Mysterious Editor
7.1
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7.8
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8.2
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1999-03-31 | en
7.1
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6.7
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6.4
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0.0
Preclík
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7.0
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7.5
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7.9
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7.8
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0.0
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0.0
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6.9
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6.7
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1959-08-18 | en
5.3
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6.9
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0.0
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7.0
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7.6
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