Shooting Heroin

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Shooting Heroin

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2019,

Action/

Drama/

Mystery & Thriller

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47%

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A small town comes together to eradicate the heroin epidemic in its community.

Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

Apr 13, 2020

America's opioid crisis would seem too dire a subject to receive shallow cinematic treatment. So it's ironic, then, that Spencer T. Folmar's thriller suffers from not quite being exploitative enough.

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Owen Gleiberman

Variety

Apr 4, 2020

"Shooting Heroin" gives the emotions of vengeance a minor workout, only to come out the other side of them. The film argues, in theory, for a richer understanding of the problem.

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Carlos Aguilar

Los Angeles Times

Apr 4, 2020

[I]t never resorts to exploitative images in order to sear its point with gruesomeness, and that's commendable.

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Jeffrey Lyles

Lyles' Movie Files

Mar 16, 2025

5/10

For all of Folmar’s good intentions, Shooting Heroin doesn’t fully connect on its earnest messaging.

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Shikhar Verma

High on Films

Mar 9, 2025

1.5/5

It is a film so confused between being a story that throws you into a whirlwind of emotional turmoil and a faith-based melodrama, that all it manages to become is a brooding, self-serious addiction thriller that is easily forgettable.

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Federico Furzan

Screentology

Dec 5, 2020

3/4

An important movie that works as an honest depiction of a community's struggle to eliminate the lethal threat of an opioid epidemic.

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Synopsis

A small town comes together to eradicate the heroin epidemic in its community.

Director: Spencer Folmar
Producer: Spencer Folmar
Screenwriter: Spencer Folmar
Production Co: Slater Brothers Entertainment, Veritas, SpenceTF Productions
Rating: R (Drug Content|Language Throughout)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 3, 2020

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