{{No plot|date=July 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Shooting Heroin | image = Shooting_heroin.jpg | alt = Poster for the film ''Shooting Heroin'' featuring a bearded man in a brown jacket standing in a field with a serious expression, holding a gun. The background consists of overgrown grass and trees under a cloudy sky. Blood splatters overlay the image, along with a skull and crossbones symbol at the top. The tagline "Fight for the Heart of America" is placed under the bold, distressed title text. | director = Spencer Folmar | producer = Spencer Folmar<br>Mark Joseph | story = | writer = Spencer Folmar | starring = Alan Powell<br>Sherilyn Fenn<br>Cathy Moriarty<br>Nicholas Turturro<br>Garry Pastore<br>Lawrence Hilton Jacobs<br>Rachel Hendrix<br>Brian O'Halloran | music = Mike Newport | cinematography = John Honore | editing = Spencer Folmar | studio = SpenceTF Productions | distributor = Hard Faith | released = {{film date|2019|10||Rowland Theater}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Shooting Heroin''''' is a 2019 American action thriller drama film written and directed by Spencer T. Folmar and starring Alan Powell, Sherilyn Fenn, Cathy Moriarty, Nicholas Turturro, Garry Pastore, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs, Rachel Hendrix, Ola Ray and Brian O'Halloran.
==Cast== *Sherilyn Fenn as Hazel *Alan Powell as Adam *Garry Pastore as Officer Jerry *Nicholas Turturro as Reverend John *Cathy Moriarty as Beth *Lawrence Hilton Jacobs as Edward *Daniella Mason as Cheyenne *Rachel Hendrix as Brittany *Ola Ray as Helen *Brian O'Halloran as Logan
==Release== The film premiered at the Rowland Theater in October 2019.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cioppa|first=Jordan|title=Clearfield County native premieres his new film "Shooting Heroin"|date=October 22, 2019|website=WJAC-TV|url=https://wjactv.com/news/local/clearfield-county-native-premieres-his-new-film-shooting-heroin|accessdate=July 7, 2023}}</ref> Then it was released on April 3, 2020.<ref name=thr/>
==Reception== The film has a 61% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on eighteen reviews.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shooting Heroin|website=Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shooting_heroin|accessdate=July 7, 2023}}</ref>
Frank Scheck of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' gave the film a negative review and wrote, "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."<ref name=thr>{{cite magazine|last=Scheck|first=Frank|title='Shooting Heroin': Film Review|date=April 13, 2020|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/shooting-heroin-1290050/|accessdate=July 7, 2023}}</ref>
Owen Gleiberman of ''Variety'' gave the film a positive review and wrote, "''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."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|title='Shooting Heroin': Film Review|date=April 3, 2020|magazine=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/shooting-heroin-review-1234570294/|accessdate=July 7, 2023}}</ref>
Alan Ng of ''Film Threat'' rated the film a 7 out of 10 and wrote, "''Shooting Heroin'' is a good story and a good movie with the best of intentions."<ref>{{cite web|last=Ng|first=Alan|title=Shooting Heroin|date=March 31, 2020|website=Film Threat|url=https://filmthreat.com/reviews/shooting-heroin/|accessdate=July 7, 2023}}</ref>
Carlos Aguilar of the ''Los Angeles Times'' gave the film a positive review and wrote, “ However, it never resorts to exploitative images in order to sear its point with gruesomeness, and that’s commendable.”<ref>{{cite news|last=Aguilar|first=Carlos|title=Review: Guilt and revenge limit the options for solving 'Shooting Heroin's' opioid crisis|date=April 3, 2020|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-04-03/shooting-heroin-review|accessdate=July 8, 2023}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|8332454}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|shooting_heroin}}
Category:American action thriller films Category:Films produced by Mark Joseph (producer) Category:2019 action thriller films Category:2019 American films Category:2019 English-language films Category:2019 films