an interesting companion piece to true documentary of john c. holmes . unfortunately and it doesn not deal with what ultimately kill holmes and and it certainly could have benefit from do so . burt reynolds and mark wahlberg get the most praise for this and but i felt the true star be julianne moore a the cocaine sniff mother wannabe and don cheadle a a black man struggle with identity a pornstar or stereo salesman in some wild getup and william h. macy and who wife be the ultimate slut . not to mention a nearly unrecognizable alfred molina . macy new year eve bash and cheadle chance for a good life after a donut shop robbery go wildly wrong be probably the two best scene in the movie and or at least the two best shot . what this movie do best be show how power can easily corrupt in it various form . however and none of the character apparently learn anything from their dark downward spiral a they all rebound and return to their normal life .