Movielogr
Traffic (2000)
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
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Overview
An exploration of the United States of America’s war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin’s sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband’s ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.
Rated R | Length 147 minutes
Actors
Michael Douglas | Benicio del Toro | Catherine Zeta-Jones | Erika Christensen | Don Cheadle | Jacob Vargas | Miguel Ferrer | Luis Guzmán | Topher Grace | Tomás Milián | Clifton Collins Jr. | Amy Irving | Dennis Quaid | D.W. Moffett | Steven Bauer | Albert Finney | James Brolin | Enrique Murciano | Peter Riegert | Benjamin Bratt | Yul Vazquez | Majandra Delfino | Alec Roberts | James Pickens Jr. | Viola Davis | Andrew Chavez | Michael Saucedo | Jose Yenque | Emilio Rivera | Michael O'Neill | Russell G. Jones | Lorene Hetherington | Eric Collins | Beau Holden | Peter Stader | James Lew | Jeremy Fitzgerald | Russell Solberg | Don Snell | Gary Carlos Cervantes | Leticia Bombardier | Carl Ciarfalio | Steven Lambert | Gilbert Rosales | Rick Avery | Mario Roberts | Eileen Weisinger | Keii Johnston | Mike Watson | Kurt D. Lott | Lincoln Simonds | Steve Tomaski | Buck McDancer | John Callery | Ousaun Elam | Brian Avery | Corey Spears | Rena Sofer | Stacey Travis | Jennifer Barker | Dean Faulkner | Daniella Kuhn | Brandon Keener | Bill Weld | George Blumenthal | Stephen Dunham | Don Nickles | Margaret Travolta | Harry Reid | Jeff Podolsky | Jewelle Bickford | Barbara Boxer | Orrin Hatch | Chuck Grassley | Dave Hager | Tucker Smallwood | Marisol Padilla Sánchez | Víctor Quintero | Toby Holguin | Ramiro González | Elaine Kagan | John Slattery | Jimmy Ortega | Greg Boniface | Thomas Rosales Jr. | Rudy M. Camacho | Vonte Sweet | Ed Breving | Jack Conley | Eddie Velez | Craig N. Chretien | John Brown | Mike Siegel | Joel Torres | Stephen J. Rose | Kimber Fritz | Harsh Nayyar | Mary Pat Gleason | Vincent M. Ward | Jsu Garcia | Gregory Estevane | Alex Procopio | Rita Gomez | Kaizaad Kotwal | David Jensen | Jay Krymis | Mike Malone | René Pereyra | Kymberly Newberry | Carroll Schumacher | Ben Scott | Michael Showers | Salma Hayek | Fred Anderson | David Bickford | Adam Clark | Chic Daniel | Sonia Debreczeni | Alan Easley | Choel Evans | Rod Fielder | Tony Guma | Valerie Hanna | Dominic Koulianos | Zachary Lindsey | Meagan Lopez | Christie McNew | Ambrit Millhouse | Ken Miyamoto | David Pittinger | Christopher Rogers | Leo Rogstad | Laurent Schwaar | Joey Sotello | William-Christopher Stephens | Clyde Tull | Fairly Tull | Jim Cody Williams | Anthony Hawkins Woods | William 'Shorty' Young
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/03/2009 | TV | DVD | Library | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
Yes, I have now seen Soderbergh’s Traffic. Overall solid film but not really catering to what I enjoy in films; I typically don’t gravitate towards hyper realism of actual or true-to-life events. In this case it’s Mexican drug trade. Not knocking the film b/c it’s great as are the performances but drama based in reality has never sat well w/me (my rationale has always been that we get enough of it in the news, eg. war, politics, war on drugs, etc. but I’m sure there’s more to it). Props to another excellent Clifton Collins Jr performance.
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