i do not know what have happen to director abel ferrara . ever since the body snatcher remake he seem to have lose it . king of new york and the bad lieutenant remain two of the best film of the 90 represent sear indictment of a decade go wrong . with film like r xmas ( whatever that mean ) and new rise hotel he seem determine to disgust and bore his former supporter . this film have no life in it . while he get excellent performance out of his actor in all of his project the result of this mishmash of idea just doesn not jell . whatever the point be that the new breed of drug dealer be more or less the same a any other upper middle class new yawkuh get lose in the mind numbing script and boring direction . i saw this opening night at the 4 plex in downtown l. a. in the lobby and while buy ticket and i be surprised and delighted to see it fill with a large and racially mixed group of men and woman in their twenty and thirty . then they start into the theater but it be the theater that be feature 8 mile not r xmas . the theater show r xmas ( keep in mind and this be open night . ) have a total of 4 people watch it and myself and my wife and two others . way to go and abel . negative .