Video director Jonas Akerlund (Music, Ray of Light) has fashioned one crazy
movie. Taking place over the course of about four days, Spun follows a group
of speed freaks as they engage in a series of adventures.

Jason Schwartzman stars as junkie looking for a fix, but gets more than he
bargained for when he hooks up with fellow junkie Brittany Murphy.

Spun is a dizzying blur of a movie hell bent on disorienting the audience and making them feel as if they are in the same state as the film's characters. Does it work? Absolutely!

Spun isn't interested in a straight forward narrative. I had no idea where the hell this movie was going. Truthfully, I found much of the movie very funny, but what starts off as a bizarre comedy, turns into an extremely tragic look at a group of lost souls desperately searching for answers about who they are and where they're going.

While Spun certainly has shades of Requiem for a Dream, it's ultimately a
unique movie experience. A commentary that is both hilarious and painfully sad. This film is much deeper than it appears at the surface.

Akerlund has assembled a great cast. Most notably a spunky Brittany Murphy,
a disillusioned Jason Schwartzman, a hyper active John Leguizamo, a spacey
Patrick Fugit and an eccentric Mickey Rourke (in one of the best
performances of his career).

Akerlund directs this film at a furious pace and his MTV style editing benefits this picture because of it's subject matter.

This movie is also extremely explicit. I was fortunate enough to see an uncut version which will, no doubt, be butchered after it's screened for the
MPAA. Spun was bold and audacious. While it will certainly be hated by many, there will be people out there who love it. Count me as one of the later.