Traffic (2000)

Release date: 2001-01-05
Country: USA|Mexico|Germany
Language: English|Spanish
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Production Co: Compulsion Inc., Initial Entertainment Group (IEG), Splendid Medien AG
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
Rating: 7.6/10
Length: 2h 27min

Storyline

An intertwined drama about the United States' war on drugs, seen through the eyes of a once conservative judge, now newly-appointed drug czar, his heroin-addicted daughter, two DEA agents, a jailed drug kingpin's wife, and a Mexican cop who begins to question his boss's motives.

Plot Keywords

mexico, drug trafficking, drug cartel, kidnapping, drug smuggling, interlinked stories, cocaine, judge, witness, informant, suburb, car explosion, gun battle, f word, drug addict, teenage daughter, male pubic hair, henchman, thug, professional hit

Short Review

I don't see this slightly better-than-average drug thriller, with slightly better-than-average direction by Steven Soderbergh, as anything more than a routine rubber-stamping of genre reflexes.