Traffic – Criterion Collection
2 March 2010
5 Comments
3.5
Description
Intertwining vignettes frame this tale of America’s escalating War on Drugs. Ohio Supreme Court judge Robert Wakefield has been appointed the nation’s Drug Czar, his new position made more daunting by the discovery that his teenage daughter Caroline is a heroin addict. Meanwhile, DEA agents Montel Gordon and Ray Castro are pursuing Helena Ayala, wife of jailed kingpin Carlos Ayala, as she seeks to the control the business that her husband had kept hidden from her. South of … More >>
- Steven Soderbergh examines the effect of drugs as politics, business, and lifestyle, interweaving the stories of a newly appointed drug czar and his family, a West Coast kingpin?s wife, a key informant, and cops on both sides of the U.S./Mexican border. Instantly recognized as aic, Traffic appeared on more than 200 critics? ten-best lists, and earned five Academy Award nominations. Format: DVD
Compared to the British series of the same title this is a very bad rip off. The acting is of poor quality as well as the dialogue. I would not waste my dime on this, instead I would get the original.
Rating: 1 / 5
This movie is a WASTE of TIME and MONEY. I wanted to walk out of the theatre
Rating: 1 / 5
This movie was horrible and very boring. There is no plot and the stories do not interact with each other. The first words out of my mouth when the movie was over were “OH THANK GOD IT’S OVER!!!!!” Do not waste your money on this movie
Rating: 1 / 5
In a movie where the plot goes absolutly no where, I am not one be a big fan. Although it did have a unique and interested look with the cinematography and the color symbolsim between American and Mexico was a very dramatic and interesting choice, I did not feel that this movie was worth any ones time. It was very dry and lacking in plot and acting. The story went absolutly nowhere! This is the type of movie where I find myself being the annoying movie patron just to entertain myself for the extent of the filth on screen. In direction and cinematography I would give it 4 stars. However, because of it’s lack of anyting else I am forced to give it only one. Give me plot or give me death! -The Justin B Scale of Overcriticalness
Rating: 1 / 5
I just came from the cinema where I saw “Traffic” and I can honestly say it was the most un-entertaining film I have ever seen. It really, and truly is boring. “Traffic” tackles the issue of drug abuse by teens, international drug cartels, and drugs in upper class neighbourhoods in an unorganized manner. Uninteresting characters are played by uninteresting actors, the scenery is the same for the most part, and the entire film has a very noticable void; originality. This is just your standard ‘drug dealers playing with the cops’ movie. Nothing special about this one. The camera is always shaky, as if it was a camcorder you would buy at Walmart to shoot movies in your back yard, which adds to the lack of charm this movie had. During the scenes in Mexico, Spanish is spoken. That translates to about 3/4 of the entire movie, where the speech is delivered in Spanish. I didn’t pay … to read subtitles of mindless conversation for two hours. The bottom line is that the plot never takes off, the characters fail to develop, and the audience is left asking themselves where they parked the car. This is easily the worst film I have ever seen.
Rating: 1 / 5