http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181865/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
The drug war between the U.S. and Mexico is relentless. It infiltrates the life of every character. Through family, friends, work, government, etc. Through this journey we encounter multiple view points. View points of U.S. and Mexicans alike involved with this war, personal battles, and how they all intertwine.
7.6
I enjoyed Traffic. Steven Soderbergh is really good at doing movies with many characters. He doesn't go super in depth with the lives of the characters but just enough so that we care about the character or we don't care about them. He does this in the Ocean movies as well. Traffic is very comparable to the movie Crash. Multiple points of view about a certain topic. And all of the points of view interlink. This movie is about the drug war between the U.S. and Mexico. Every life in this movie is impacted by drugs. Whether it's them or a loved one or someone they work with. It's a real life battle. Erika Christensen does a very good job in her role as Caroline Wakefield(the judge's daugher). Her life and perspective gives us kind of a Requiem for a Dream feel as far as her drug addiction goes. I lived in Mexico for a time and the film is very authentic to how things are in Mexico. I loved that! It's a good movie that I recommend. Good acting, good story line, keeps you entertained and guessing. It paints a vivid picture of how things are in the drug world. It's inhumane and cold. We, as an audience, don't need to participate in them to have a taste of how bitter-sweet they are. Soderbergh succeeds in his best to date film.
Link for trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjpadtJs9QA
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