Traffic
Traffic is a 2000 American crime drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Stephen Gaghan. It explores the illegal drug trade from several perspectives: users, enforcers, politicians, and traffickers. Their stories are edited together throughout the film, although some characters do not meet each other. The film is an adaptation of the 1989 British Channel 4 television series Traffik. The film stars an international ensemble cast, including Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, Michael Douglas, Erika Christensen, Luis Guzmán, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jacob Vargas, Tomas Milian, Topher Grace, James Brolin, Steven Bauer, and Benjamin Bratt. It features both English and Spanish-language dialogue.
Plot
In Mexico, police officers Javier Rodriguez Rodriguez and Manolo Sanchez stop a drug transport. General Salazar, a high-ranking Mexican official, interrupts their arrest to offer Javier a special assignment: apprehending Francisco Flores, a hitman for the Tijuana Cartel, headed by the Obregón brothers.
Awards
Cast
- Albert Finney
- Amy Irving
- Benicio del Toro
- Benjamin Bratt
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Clifton Collins
- D. W. Moffett
- Dennis Quaid
- Don Cheadle
- Eddie Velez
- Enrique Murciano
- Erika Christensen
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- Jacob Vargas
- James Brolin
- James Lew
- Jsu Garcia
- Luis Guzmán
- Majandra Delfino
- Michael Douglas
- Michael O'Neill
- Peter Riegert
- Rena Sofer
- Salma Hayek
- Steven Bauer
- Tomás Milián
- Topher Grace
- Viola Davis