Overview
Plot
The U.S. war on drugs is seen from multiple angles: a drug policy chief whose daughter abuses cocaine, a Mexican cop testifying against a cartel-linked general, and a kingpin's wife forced into the business after his arrest.
- Directors
- Steven Soderbergh
- Cast
- Michael Douglas, Benicio del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Erika Christensen, Don Cheadle, Jacob Vargas, Miguel Ferrer, Luis Guzmán, Topher Grace, Tomas Milian, Clifton Collins Jr., Amy Irving, Dennis Quaid, D.W. Moffett, Steven Bauer, Albert Finney, James Brolin, Enrique Murciano, Peter Riegert, Benjamin Bratt
- Country
- United States of America
- Genre
- Thriller, Drama, Crime
- Release date
- 2000-12-27
- Studios
- USA Films, Initial Entertainment Group, Bedford Falls Productions, Laura Bickford Productions, Compulsion Inc.
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This film examines America's war on drugs through intersecting stories. The new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy finds the fight personal when his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine at home. In Mexico, a flawed but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel. In San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn his ruthless business after he is arrested, putting her luxurious lifestyle at risk.
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