Film: Traffic (2000 film)

[smotpoker]

I couldn't find a link to this.


I just saw this film last night and I really loved it. I can't give a link to the movie but it stars Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta Jones, Topher Grace, Benicio Del Toro, and Ericka Christensen.

A really exciting movie that shows the many elements of the drug world. From the huge cartels from Mexico, to the effect it has on people ranging from lower class ghetto neighborhoods to rich white suburbia.

The movie struck a personal note with me as Michael Douglas' daughter and her group of friends reminded me a lot of my group of friends I had when I was a senior in HS in 2001.

Anyone else like this movie?

I thought Michael Douglas' quote around the end of the film summed up the War On Drugs pretty good. He said something (don't have exact quote)like:

The War on Drugs...that term is a joke. To say it's a war on drugs, is to say we are waging war on our own loved ones and family members. So true. So true.

This got a lot of Academy Awards, and I think deservedly so. Douglas was great in this movie as well as Del Toro. Ericka Christenson was really good as Douglas' drug addict daughter.

 

[Too many doses]

Classic movie.

 

[Wyld 4 X]

Great movie. Awesome cast. And tells a story from many perspectives which is important in regards to the subject matter.

 

[cosmic charlie]

Ive never seen this but I've heard it's great. I'll have to check it out someday

 

[L2R]

Fantastic story, beautifully shot. This is soderberg's best by far, but i haven't seen his che flicks yet.

 

[Max Power]

I really enjoyed this film, specifically the cinematography.

And I now have a crush on Erika Christensen.

 

[smotpoker]

I really enjoyed this film, specifically the cinematography.

And I now have a crush on Erika Christensen.

that's what I said after I saw it! She's very sexy!

 

[mariacallas]

Excellent movie. I finally watched it on DVD before going to sleep last night (I had started it a couple of times before, but just never had the patience to finish it, haha)
I'm SO glad I did.

 

[mariacallas]

I cEricka Christenson was really good as Douglas' drug addict daughter.

How good was that scene when she inhales her first hit of freebase and a tear falls down her cheek? I can emphatize.

 

[theotherside]

Traffic is a great film. It perfectly portrays what a persons face look like after a hit of freebase Mariacallas. The director creates a feel in all of his movies...makes you feel like you are in the worlds he creates.

 

[L2R]

i don't know where my copy is

 

[EA-1475]

If you liked this movie, you might check out the original BBC miniseries Traffic. Instead of about cocaine, it's about heroin. Good stuff.

 

[L O V E L I F E]

This film was excellent to those of us who know the culture; PHENOMENAL for those who don't.