This is not normally my kind of movie, but I checked it out because Jonathan Jackson was in it. And also because of user reviews I had read that said it was a must watch movie. It was for sure one of his best roles yet. He made me believe he was that character, and had me on the edge of my seat. His emotions are just amazing, and I was blown away. As a person who watches the show Intervention, I can say this movie shows more than you will see in that show. You see how even the nicest of guy's or girls can turn into addicts, and just how bad the downfall can be. I feel like I learned much more about addiction.

WARNING! SPOILERS§ (Although there is nothing really to spoil... when it gets this bad it can't get worse...)The only reason to watch this film is for the eye candy. Otherwise it is a totally predictable waste of time. I guess the worst thing about it is that it doesn't even TRY for any sense of logical realism, it just gets by on clichés. Problem: he's in the hospital going through withdrawal. All of a sudden he escapes to find Molly, does, but she's dead (of course), goes to a friend's screaming for money... falls down stairs and suddenly ends up back at his parents house hours later but there are no more withdrawal symptoms...huh? Problem: The father finds him but doesn't take him to hospital, wants to look after him at home with NO medical treatment at all. This from a highly educated man with doctor friends? Ya gotta be kidding! Why would he put his kid through withdrawal without any medical help to ease the pain? Makes no sense at all... except that it allows Max to escape again... as we already know he will... Problem: Molly has no job but lives in a pretty nice looking townhouse. How's she get the money for that? It's obvious from a later scene that her parents already know she's an addict and won't pay for such things... so again, where does she get the money for rent? Then she has to move out and they end up at a friend of hers.. but after that suddenly she's in a flophouse where she overdoses. Since when does someone at her stage of the game use the money she supposedly DOESN'T have to pay for a hotel, even a cheap one? She'd use the money for drugs and shoot up on the street. And so it goes. One illogical scene after the other; The scene where Max goes back on the ice during a game... totally ridiculous. He hasn't been to school, his job OR to hockey practice for weeks on end and in the middle of withdrawal. Why would he suddenly show up at the game? Especially since he knows he's been kicked off the team. By then he wouldn't care any more any way...it is just added for phony pathos.I felt sorry for the actors... having to deal with such a poor script and dialogue straight out of a noon-day soap opera from twenty years ago. Max and his father are the best ones in it...you can see that they have talent, but that it is being wasted. I presume that those who liked this dreck are so young that they have nothing to compare it to. The best thing in the whole film are the photos of the old lady. Oh, and the cute teens...eye candy.

If anyone has knowledge on where I can either buy or download or anything to get hold of a copy of this movie its always been 1 of my favs and I love Johnathon Jackson from when he was on the soap opera General Hospital When he chose to leave General Hospital show I was devastated. I've checked everywhere including EBAY but only available in england or something PRICE with shipping would have been outrageous I think my best bet would be to find a website that i could download it but none of the searches I've done keep turning up nothing..... plse help IM desperate. I truly loved this made for TV movie trapped in a purple haze but most of I would like to show it to my children I have 3 boys Kyle who is 18 years old Kody who is 12 years old and my little guy Keegan is 4 years obv the movie wont do any good for him but the other 2 I think it does a wonderful job explain how drugs can really mess up your life and your family's life no matter what your life status is and how much you already have.

when i first heard about this film, i worked in a video shop. it came in with a bunch on big name films and it never really appealed to me, it somehow completely escaped my attention that Jonathan Jackson was in it. The Film centres round Max (jj) and his fight to feel free, He is a hockey player (his first love) but also an aspiring painter. his mum wants him to paint, but he doesn't want to live the life that his mum never got to live. he meets Molly (Carly Pope) and she introduces him to her world, where by using drugs she can feel free. Max becomes hooked on class A drugs, and his whole world begins to fall down around him, he looses everything he worked for. he gets kicked off the hockey team and he feels like his mum has given up on him, and he eventually looses Molly. This film was brilliant, class A acting, by all involved. i would say that it is a must see.Happy viewing