| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | TRAFFIC (2000) |
| Director | Steven Soderbergh |
| Writer | Simon Moore, Stephen Gaghan |
| Lead Actor | Michael Douglas |
| Cast | Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones |
| Genre | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Release Date | January 5, 2001 (United States) |
| Duration | 2h 27m(147 min) |
| Budget | $90 million |
| Language | English |
| IMDB Rating | 7.5/10 |
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TRAFFIC takes on the drug war and some of its complexities. This packed, intense two and a half hour film directed by Steven Soderbergh (Erin Brockovich) follows three sets of characters, peripherally and unknowingly connected a prominent judge (Michael Douglas) about to be appointed head of U.S. anti drug forces and his troubled suburban family in Cincinnati, Ohio, a socialite matron (Catherine Zeta Jones) in La Jolla, California, whose affluent husband faces trial as a drug cartel kingpin and two Tijuana cops working amid the risky corruption of Mexican law enforcement.
The Cincinnati judge and his wife (Amy Irving) discover their teenage daughter and her preppy friends are moving deeply into hard drugs. The daughter battles exposure and resists treatment. Eventually she has to be rescued in the dregs of an urban slum.
In La Jolla, the innocent wife-mother realizes that she’s about to lose her wealth and social position. She moves quickly to survive. She manipulates her lawyer and the feds assigned to watch her, and coolly takes over her husband’s business.
The stronger Mexican officer (riveting Puerto Rico-born character actor Benicio Del Toro), constantly on the edge of betrayal and sudden death, also has survival skills. After his less cautious partner is killed, he perseveres and focuses on exposing the villainous general, the brutal military boss directing his government’s anti drug war.
Soderbergh explores all this with gripping art and understatement. The situation is a mess but not hopeless; there are small victories, but no quick fixes. As the recovering teenager tentatively assesses her own prospects. “I’m pretty sure I’ll make it through today.” Wake-up call material, gritty, often graphic depiction of narcotics trade and its effects, violence, problem language; recommended for mature viewers.
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