Traffic (2000)
Rating: 7.1/10
Duration: 147 min
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Director(s): Steven Soderbergh,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Don Cheadle as Montel Gordon
- Dennis Quaid as Arnie Metzger
- Erika Christensen as Caroline Wakefield
- Benicio del Toro as Javier Rodriguez
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Helena Ayala
- Jacob Vargas as Manolo Sanchez
- Michael Douglas as Robert Wakefield
- Topher Grace as Seth Abrahms
- Miguel Ferrer as Eduardo Ruiz
- Clifton Collins Jr. as Francisco Flores
- Luis Guzmán as Ray Castro
- Steven Bauer as Carlos Ayala
- Amy Irving as Barbara Wakefield
- D.W. Moffett as Jeff Sheridan
- Tomas Milian as Gen. Arturo Salazar