Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Plot Summary: I actually read this book and the movie is a pretty good adaptation of a book that I thought to be totally unadaptable. For those who don't know, the movie and book by the same name is the tale of a weekend in Las Vegas spent by mad wild man journalist Hunter S Thompson. It's a crazy tale involving too many drugs and random craziness, worth a shot, although Im not sure this movie is loading properly and its like almost impossible to find now.