Drecksau (2013)

Drecksau: Directed by Jon S. Baird. With James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots. A corrupt, junkie cop with bipolar disorder attempts to manipulate his way through a promotion in order to win back his wife and daughter while also fighting his own inner demons.

“Inside the mind of a sex u0026amp; drug addict policeman. His addictions are so deeply rooted in his personhood that they have entirely taken over his life and are the driving force in everything he does or does not do. Addiction means thereu0026#39;s never enough and in his case drugs or sex.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis could have easily been a docudrama, instead it is a crime/comedy with a bit of drama. McAvoy is simply superb as the central mad hero and we undergo with a him a binging trip in corruption and debauchery where everyone in his life become objects he comes to use for his own gratification.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDespite the comic element being the one that has the most gravity, we get to see the torment that haunts addicted people and he too is a tormented man and his actions are a smokescreen of his anguish with his refusal to get hep only adding to his misery.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eQuirky, fast paced and fun this is one heck of a mind trip.”