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I loved it. I really really loved it. I think its a Film you must love if you watch it. Loving it is a MUST. If you dont love it its because you havent watched it.
I'm not a big fan of the 'shaky-cam reality at its grittiest' style that seems to get in the way and ruin a lot of good stories at the moment, but Traffic manages to use its visual style to enhance the movie rather than hinder it. Everyone is great in it, and it rewards with repeat viewings.
Basically portraying the ‘drug problem’ in the states in a harrowing kind of fashion. Virtually the whole movie is shot with a ginger tinge to its colour and if that isn’t bearable there are plenty of subtitles too. If this one were on TV, I would have changed channels after the first ten minutes. No such luck here. A good thing about the film (if there is one) is that it does show insight into Mexican culture. Sadly it also shows hardcore American Culture too (why do we love it?). Not since ‘Midnight express’ though have I seen such an ‘unsavoury’ movie. It centres on the message that just about everyone is corrupt. It reminds us what real life is and what the real roles of drugs are in America and Mexico, (could it get as bad over here?). There is no action. Even at the end of the film (I didn’t believe that it would ever end), you remain seated and perhaps thankful that you are in fact in the UK! Might be worth seeing if you are on drugs though, if only from an awareness point of view. No thanks! Not even Catherine Zeta-Jones could sway me this time.Read full review
I was surprised by the high level of acting in this film (Which is copied from an original series on BBC 1) - I liked the way Soderbergh or the cinematographer used coloured tints when filming in whatever sequence of the film the part was shot. For Mexico a slight yellow tint, for Washington a Blue tint and for the everyday life Wakefield (Douglas)has to endure when the war on crime comes into his own home. The film is too varied to go into great detail but there are basically 3 stories Mexico & the cartels, Wakefield & his daughter and the case against Catherine Zeta-Joneses husband seen from the position of both the wife of the guilt ridden & Bauer. It is an excellent film that is not afraid to stand up and look at the 'Drug War' with a clear mind & realise that because there is so much cash involved, if you take down one gang another will replace it. The good thing with this particular movie you didn't get the stereo-typical 'Black' drug dealer peddling his wares onto the innocent white suburbanites.Read full review
This film is dark, frightening, upsetting, touching, honest and comical in just a few parts. It tells the story of drugs from first coming into America to how they get distributed and dealt, the effects they have on people and the consequences and people's reactions to them. It's very well written and has a stellar cast of great great actors. At times you can lose track of what has happened if you take your eyes off the TV but this just goes to prove how indepth and gripping this film is.
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