Dope Thief Recap: So Much Top 40
The team of Peter Craig, director Jonathan van Tulleken, editor Jennifer Barbot, and their crew skillfully blend a compact storyline with an intriguing dose of surrealism in their production, transforming Ray’s hallucination into a compelling and accessible journey. In some ways, it mirrors the heroin withdrawal scene of Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle from French Connection II, but instead of focusing on external struggles, it delves deeper into the protagonist’s internal turmoil.