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"Traffic" (2004): :  -- A three-part miniseries which offers a look into the world of trafficking, where drugs, weapons, and even people are traded all over the world. Here, the lives of three Seattle-based men become intertwined ... until they're all in over their heads.

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User Rating:
7.0/10   577 votes
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Writer:
Ron Hutchinson (written by) (2004)
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Release Date:
26 January 2004 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Drugs were just the beginning.
Plot:
A three-part miniseries which offers a look into the world of trafficking, where drugs, weapons, and even people are traded all over the world... more
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
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Spring Preview: A Guide to the Season in Indie Film
 (From IFC. 18 February 2009, 2:25 PM, PST)

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What Would Happen if Tom Clancy Wrote a Miniseries ... more (11 total)

Cast

  (Series Cast overview, first billed only)

Cliff Curtis ... Adam Kadyrov

Martin Donovan ... Brent Delaney

Balthazar Getty ... Ben Edmonds

Elias Koteas ... Mike McKay

Mary McCormack ... Carole McKay
Ritchie Coster ... Fazal

Nelson Lee ... Ronny Cho

Tony Musante ... Alex Edmonds

Justin Chatwin ... Tyler McKay

Belinda Metz ... Shannon Isler

Brian George ... Kahn

Jennifer Rae Westley ... Angie
Eden Rountree ... Chloe

Duncan Fraser ... Wayne Frazier

Katia Khatchadourian ... Zula (2004) (as Katia Khatchadorian)
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Also Known As:
Traffic: The Miniseries (USA) (promotional title)
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Brazil:260 min
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Certification:
Finland:K-18 (2007) (DVD) (self applied) | Singapore:M18

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Remake of "Traffik" (1989) more
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Obsidian more

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What Would Happen if Tom Clancy Wrote a Miniseries ..., 30 January 2004
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Author: Fred M. Hung from New York, NY

A drug bust goes bad in US occupied Afghanistan, a merchant marine boat is scuttled while smuggling illegal immigrants, and the bank forecloses on a Wharton MBA's insolvent real estate deal -- the first 50 pages of a new Clancy novel? No, these 3 completely nonsequitur events happen in the first half hour of Traffic: The Miniseries.

Aside from the common theme of drugs, Traffic bears very little resemblance to Michael Douglas movie of the same name. That said, I was surprised by how engrossed I became in the plot. The miniseris is purely plot driven, with skin-deep characters provided to push the plot along. With 3 separate plot threads running concurrently, Traffic adeptly navigates the viewer through the labryinthine story with little confusion and much suspense.

Noteworthy performances are Elias Koteas and Martin Donovan as 2 DEA agents charged with the sisyphean task of de-stabilizing the same Taliban drug operation they helped organize in the 80s. Koteas displays the same subdued heroism here as he did in Thin Red Line opposite Nick Nolte. Mary McCormack also shines as Koteas wife, not your typical damsel in distress.

In the end, Traffic: the Miniseries is just a cool story, weaving narco-terrorism with Homeland Security. I would have enjoyed seeing this writ large a la HBO, bigger budget, better locales (Vancouver, BC doubles for everything from Seattle to Afghanistan), and stark dialogue. On HBO, Traffic would have been a true epic. On USA, it's a just a long stanza (Damn you, Barry Diller, spend some $$$!)

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