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critic wrote, "By my count, there are 37 naked female breasts in the movie... (one aspiring actress appears only in profile; she must have a bad agent). I mention this because there's really no other reason for the movie to exist. There are no hot sex scenes, no terrific new jokes, no remotely funny
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MOVIE REVIEW `COCAINE WARS' TOES THE LOW-BUDGET LINE: Wilmington, Michael. Los
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