Traffic
Released: December 27, 2000Runtime: 147 min
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.
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Michael Douglas
as Robert Wakefield
Benicio Del Toro
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Catherine Zeta Jones
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Jacob Vargas
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Andrew Chavez
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Michael Saucedo
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Tomas Milian
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J R Yenque
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Emilio Rivera
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Michael O Neill
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