On assignment from Sports Illustrated to cover the prestigious "Mint 400"--a free-for-all biker's race in the heart of the Nevada desert--the drug-a-delic duo--Thompson's alter ego Raoul Duke and his 300 pound Samoan attorney Dr. Gonzo-- stumble through Vegas in hallucinatory hopes of finding the American Dream. They of course never get the story, but they do commit the only sins in Vegas: "burning the locals, abusing the tourists, terrifying the help."

>From the very start, the mayhem and the lunacy overcome the duo, and they essentially are led on a giant roller coaster ride through the Las Vegas desert. At first, things run fairly smoothly, that is until the drugs overcome the two men's ambitions, and it all goes berserk in quite a gonzo fashio

Besides being a twisted commentary on the 60's and a portrait of The City of Sin, Fear and Loathing is unbelievably hilarious at times: monstrous bats, bloodthirsty reptiles, demented cops, and a Barbara Streisand freak to name a few things. But to me the best (if not most terrifying) part is when, after a long night on the town, Duke returns to their hotel room, to find his attorney listening to music in the bath tub fully clothed. As usual, Gonzo is hopped up on drugs, and after much flailing, asks Duke to throw the radio into the tub with him. It's frightening and funny at the same time because it shows how far some of us can go off on the deep end.

The search for the Dream apparently does lie in this City, but finding it may just be a small detour from drinking lots of booze, popping multi-colored pills, and wrecking hotel rooms. Apparently Los Angeles got too boring for our heroes, and what should it matter on an all e

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