Helena, with the help from her attorney (Dennis Quaid), must deal with the pressures by her husband's demanding enemies, as well as the DEA. He is taken into custody when undercover DEA agents Montel Gordon (Don Cheadle) and Ray Castro (Luiz Guzman) crack a disreputable drug cartel led by Juan Orbergon (Benjamin Bratt). The third story is a bit more complicated, dealing with the reactions of a typical pregnant homemaker, Helena (Catherine Zeta-Jones), when she finds out her husband, Carlos Ayala (Steven Bauer), is not an executive, but a high-powered drug lord. Amy Irving plays her mother whom herself tried every kind of drug in the market when she was young and thinks her daughter should be given more freedom in this area of maturing. He has a savage job, as we can see, but it is even more difficult being the father of a 16-year-old daughter (Erika Christensen), who gets straight A's in school, but uses heavy drugs and eventually prostitutes herself for them when the supply runs low. The second story has Michael Douglas as a conservative Ohio State Supreme Court Judge turned nation's new drug czar. There are actually three separate plots here, the first detailing two Tijuana cops (Benicio Del Toro and Jacob Vargas) who find themselves in the middle of a corrupt police force, working for Gereal Arturo Salazar (Thomas Milian), Mexico's top drug aggressor who wants to shut down the Tijuana drug cartel by capturing a notorious assassin (Clifton Collins Jr.). That first film is entertaining and charming, but this is far more complex in its story. The movie's director, Steven Soderbergh, won Oscar nominations for both of his movies last year: "Erin Brockovich" starring Julia Roberts, and this epic about the never ending war on drugs. ![]() "Traffic" is still a great achievement in filmmaking and visual style-worthy of some, but not quite all, of its great acclamation. I had my fair share of disappointments, and I think many audiences will walk away unsatisfied by its documentary-like style and unusual structure. ![]() ![]() "Traffic" is one of the best films of the year, but it is not a movie for everyone. It is not a movie to take the family to on a Sunday afternoon, nor is it an "entertaining" popcorn extravaganza. Does the production live up to its expectations? To some extent. "Traffic" caught some of the most gratifying praise in the year 2000. Reviewed by Movie-12 8 / 10 One of the best movies of the year, but not worthy of ALL of its praise.
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