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  • 93%

Plot

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.

Cast

Michael Douglas as Robert Wakefield
Michael Douglas

as Robert Wakefield

Benicio del Toro as Javier Rodriguez
Benicio del Toro

as Javier Rodriguez

Catherine Zeta-Jones as Helena Ayala
Catherine Zeta-Jones

as Helena Ayala

Erika Christensen as Caroline Wakefield
Erika Christensen

as Caroline Wakefield

Don Cheadle as Montel Gordon
Don Cheadle

as Montel Gordon

Jacob Vargas as Manolo Sanchez
Jacob Vargas

as Manolo Sanchez

Miguel Ferrer as Eduardo Ruiz
Miguel Ferrer

as Eduardo Ruiz

Luis Guzmán as Ray Castro
Luis Guzmán

as Ray Castro

Topher Grace as Seth Abrahms
Topher Grace

as Seth Abrahms

Tomas Milian as Gen. Arturo Salazar
Tomas Milian

as Gen. Arturo Salazar

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • December 27, 2000

Production Companies

  • USA Films

  • Initial Entertainment Group

  • Bedford Falls Productions

  • Laura Bickford Productions

  • Compulsion Inc.

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • Español

  • English

Budget

  • $48,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $207,500,000.00

Runtime

  • 2.45 hrs

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Reviews

Seen this a few times over the years and still remains a compelling multi-character drama with some fine performances all around. Also has some great visuals depending on the storyline. Not sure where I rank it amongst Soderbergh's other works (Ocean's 11 has the fun factory going for it) but still love it no matter how many times I've seen it. **4.5/5**

**Someone needs to go back to directing school** This gem of the millennium comes with a great story (which has been done countless times before and after), great actors (funny faced most of them), and very well done action. Unfortunately all is wasted on the terrible actual telling of that story and its people in action. We get weird colors, useless zoom ins, shots into nothing, a boring s…