High Life

High Life

2009 · 80 min · ★ 6.0 · Comedy, Crime

It's 1983, and hopeless junkie Dick gets an unwelcome visit from the past - his seriously sleazy former cellmate, Bug, to be precise. Bug requires a crash course in the 80s: different music, different drugs, and machines in walls that dispense money. The latter development gives Dick an idea.

Directed by Gary Yates · Written by Lee MacDougall

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