Film Review – Junction

Bryan Greenberg has been in the acting trenches for quite some time now, and he’s been steadily employed, taking supporting roles here and there. Greenberg looks to acquire a new level of career power with “Junction,” also stepping behind the camera to make his directorial debut, claiming credit for the screenplay as well. The helmer’s heart is in the right place, taking on the horrific systems of corruption involved with the opioid epidemic, following a community of characters as they navigate addiction, ethics, and legal affairs while in the midst of dealing with the nightmare of oxycodone. Greenberg hopes to create a low-budget take on “Traffic” and other drug-related pictures, but he ends up with a clumsy television movie instead. “Junction” should be tougher and more cinematic in its depiction of human decay, but the production doesn’t have that kind of energy, with tedious melodrama prized instead. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com