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About the Movie
It's the high-stakes, high-risk world of the drug trade as seen through a well-blended mix of interrelated stories: a Mexican policeman (Benicio Del Toro) finds himself and his partner caught in an often deadly web of corruption; a pair of DEA agents (Don Cheadle and Luis Guzman) work undercover in a sordid and dangerous part of San Diego; a wealthy drug baron living in upscale, suburban America is arrested and learns how quickly his unknowing and pampered wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) takes over his business; and the U.S. President's new drug czar (Michael Douglas) must deal with his increasingly drug-addicted teenage daughter.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
92%- Reviews Counted: 156
- Fresh: 144
- Rotten: 12
- Average Rating: 8.1/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: A real cannonball, a hardass drama about the drug trade that Steven Soderbergh directs like a thriller -- it comes out blazing.
Fresh: The promise of Sex, Lies, and Videotape has been fulfilled.
Fresh: Smart, risky entertainment.
Fresh: Traffic sometimes has the impact of a tense war film or a grittily modernist, post- Godfather crime epic such as Heat or Goodfellas.
Customer Reviews
awesome movie
this movie is a favorite. awesome cast, awesome storyline, awesome movie. highly recommend you buy it!
A Pure FIlm-Non Linear Narratives are the best form.
A pure film in the best form. 3 Stories that make for a great narrative, enticing, a movie all filmmakers should learn from.
Excellence
I thought every aspect of this film excellent: story, direction, acting, pace, realism. A no-nonsense portrayal of the human impact of illegal drugs. Highest recommendation.
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