The story begins abruptly, out in the desert en route to the resort of Las Vegas. The author uses a tense hitchhiker as a mode, or an excuse, for a flashback that exposes the plot. An uncertain character picked up in the middle of the desert who Raoul Duke, the main character, feels the need to explain things to, to help him rest easy. They had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five …showed first 75 words of 422 total…

…showed last 75 words of 422 total…half lost sight due to the book's confusion. Experienced director Gilliam has does an excellent job with flashbacks and wholesome confusion in movies like 12 Monkeys and Time bandits and fear and loathing is no different. The only thing better than the acting of Johnny Depp is the directing of Gilliam. The storyline seems to job all over the place on this almost believable adventure. He makes you think. And entices you change in your life.