Drugs and self-destruction portrayed in 'On the Outs'

On the Outs ****

Fader Films: Routine dramas about drug trading on the mean streets may not rattle anyone's emotional cage in terms of the familiar harshness that comes with this disturbing territory. Nevertheless, this doesn't excuse one from gaining a newfound numbness and despair pertaining to such degradation. In co-directors Lori Silverbush and Michael Skolnik's hostile urban cautionary tale "On the Outs," we witness yet another stark example of the deterioration of the fragile human spirit.

"On the Outs" candidly examines a trio of seriously conflicted New York City-based young women whose down-trotting existences are ruthlessly shaped by the culture of omnipresent …