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Michael Douglas
Benicio Del Toro
Topher Grace
Don Cheadle
Majandra Delfino
Catherine Zeta-Jones

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A pair of semi interlocking stories represent American drug trafficking and the prevention of with a young daughter using, a corrupt cop policing and a judge who has no idea really what is going on in the real world.

02/14/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Ranks among the top five films of 2000.

Traffic takes on the complex issues involved with the war on drugs in the United States and Mexico from the view of these nations as a whole to the very personal level. In the film, three stories unfold to illustrate the near impossibility of ever stopping the drug trade, despite the billion dollars that the US spends each year for just that cause. While the tales are related, the characters rarely, if ever, cross paths with one another. This is one of the elements that allows Soderbergh to deliver his message so effectively.

This film has an amazing ensemble cast where everybody is working at the top of their game. However, Benicio Del Toro definitely stands out with the breakthrough performance. Michael Douglas is also terrific, adding another strong performance to his gallery of fla...

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3.5/4 

05/31/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Hard Hitting

A modern day look at America's war on drugs told through four separate stories that are connected in one way or another. A conservative politician who's just been appointed as the US drug czar learns that his daughter is a drug addict. A trophy wife struggles to save her husband's drug business, while two DEA agents protect a witness with inside knowledge of the spouse's business. In Mexico, a corrupt, yet dedicated cop struggles with his conscience when he learns that his new boss may not be the anti-drug official he made himself out to be.

Traffic takes the drug problem around the Mexico/US border and puts it into extreme microscopic view. As the film shows the hard hitting scenes where a young daughter becomes involved in the use of drugs, we get extremely detailed drama which all u...

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4/4 

09/14/2007 (0 of 1 found this helpful)

Not a movie, a procedural.

This movie actually has excellent cinematography and music and just an overall good tone in general. However, it's problem is that it is not really much of a movie. It's more like an instruction manual. Real films are about characters. All the characters in Traffic are just completely one-dimensional plot devices used to illustrate the mechanics of the drug trade.

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2/4