First off, the ensemble cast featuring Benicio del Toro, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Don Cheadle, Luis Guzman, and Erika Christensen, is fantastic. The direction from Steven A very ambitious and expertly made film, Traffic is a very interesting, at times disturbing, film. … ExpandĪ very ambitious and expertly made film, Traffic is a very interesting, at times disturbing, film. With Soderbergh’s tight editing and a good number of tense sequences, this 2000 War on Drugs epic is worth the watch. And even though it’s a bit over-simplified, the movie nonetheless does a very good job of offering a wide-scale overview of it’s subject manner. Admittedly it’s far from perfect, it can get dam preachy (the subplot with Erika Christensen plays out like an After School Special) at times and the length (147 min.) does cause the movie to drag at times. It is easily one of the best-looking of Soderbergh’s movies and there is some very well-done acting from Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle and Benicio del Toro. The use of different color grades to visually distinguish each of the different stories goes a long way in helping the audience keep track. Based on the 1989 television series Traffik, director Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven, Magic Mike, Logan Lucky) is a seasoned veteran in creating star-studded ensemble pieces.
Based on the 1989 television series Traffik, director Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven, Magic Mike, A film similar in style to Crash and Babel that uses many intertwining storylines to give multiple perspectives (users, enforcers, politicians and traffickers) on the illegal drug trade. A film similar in style to Crash and Babel that uses many intertwining storylines to give multiple perspectives (users, enforcers, politicians and traffickers) on the illegal drug trade.
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