Rush is directed by Lili Fini Zanuck and adapted to screenplay by Peter Dexter from the Kim Wozencraft novel. It stars Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott, Max Perlich and Gregg Allman. Music is by Eric Clapton and cinematography by Kenneth MacMillan.Two undercover narcotic cops get on a downward spiral that they may not return from...Set and filmed in Texas, Rush is a hot, sweaty and claustrophobic neo- noir. It maybe doesn't have the classic visual tics of yesteryear, but it has photographic style to burn - with Clapton's score suitably melancholic, which in turn is something that sits perfectly with the perpetual sense of doom that pervades the pic. Corruption and addiction lead the way, all while love tries its hardest to break on through to the other side, but we are on a bus to noirville, and noirville is an unforgiving place...Patric and Leigh are damn fine actors if given the right material to work with, and they carry this with aplomb. Sadly, Allman is a weak villain, maybe because he looks like a Rick Wakeman clone?! While under using Sam Elliott is just a plain waste. However, this deserves its place on neo-noir lists. It is deliberate in pacing, therefore asking for you to buy into the thematics at work, to let them itch your skin, but to do so has rewards, for in true noir style it doesn't chicken out once the end credits have rolled. 7.5/10

You know that know in your stomach when you're watching a character go down a dark road? "Rush" is pretty much that feeling, and it starts when wholesome Jennifer Jason Leigh has to shoot up in front of a dealer to prove she's not a cop. Jason Patric has already explained to her how easy it is t kick addiction (just have to be strong enough), but we know deep down, she's in for hell. And they both are, be it addiction, the criminal underworld or their superiors. These are two officers who are woefully in too deep, and that feeling does not let up.The prevailing impression I've had of this "Rush" (since '91) is that it's a "harrowing" drug movie. And I'm not sure I'd use that word (maybe that's because 25 years have passed since I finally watched it), but the drug scenes are still hard to watch, not to mention Patric's downward spiral. It is gripping, that's for sure. Gregg Allmann's pretty great as a (mostly) silent dope kingpin. But Leigh's performance was the standout, and the movie does ultimately leave its mark.7/10

I thought this movie was excellent. I loved Greg Allman in this. He really should make more movies. I remember the first time I saw him in the movie, walking into the bar, checking out people, clad in black with his long blonde hair, he was the bar owner type. He really did not have such a big part but I think he played a great Gains. My husband and I each have two different takes on the end of the movie. I say that when Jennifer Leigh is in court on the stand, when she looks at Gains, he takes his finger and runs it down his nose very slowly, while he is staring at her. The same thing that happened when the double barrel gun came through the window when she was laying on the couch. Now, I think that Leigh was the one in the back seat and blew Gains away. My husband says that police chief, or Sam Elliott killed him, I say it was Jennnifer Jason Leigh. Who was it? One of my all time favorite, one of many.

I first saw this movie when I was 16 years old (in 1994) and I immediately loved it. Jennifer Jason Leigh is one of my favorite actresses and the soundtrack is extremely moving and intense. Eric Clapton did an excellent job, but the song that really made the movie for me was "Bridge of Sighs", which was played twice during the movie, in the beginning and at the end, by Robin Trower. I remember after I saw it for the first time I wondered who sang that song and it took me years to figure it out. I found out who sang it in 2004 after writing down all the songs that were played in the movie, and I just kept narrowing it down and narrowing it down until I thought, "It must be 'Bridge of Sighs'" because I recognized a few of the lyrics. That song was just chilling! Gregg Allman did an amazing job, too, as Gaines. I also read the book, but years after I first saw the movie. Every time I see this movie it captivates me, and I am a very picky movie-goer. I am the type of person who likes documentaries the best, or at least movies that are really "real", with plots that could have happened in real life. And every single time I see one of the last scenes--in the courtroom-- it gives me chills and brings tears to my eyes. It's just one of my favorite movies of all time and definitely a must-see!