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Human Traffic

  • 19991999
  • RR
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Human Traffic (1999)
Five friends spend one lost weekend in a mix of music, love and club culture.
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Five friends spend one lost weekend in a mix of music, love and club culture.Five friends spend one lost weekend in a mix of music, love and club culture.Five friends spend one lost weekend in a mix of music, love and club culture.

IMDb RATING
7.1/10
25K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Justin Kerrigan
  • Writer
    • Justin Kerrigan
  • Stars
    • John Simm
    • Lorraine Pilkington
    • Shaun Parkes
Top credits
  • Director
    • Justin Kerrigan
  • Writer
    • Justin Kerrigan
  • Stars
    • John Simm
    • Lorraine Pilkington
    • Shaun Parkes
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 172User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
    • 53Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 9 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Trailer 2:18
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    Photos34

    Shaun Parkes and John Simm in Human Traffic (1999)
    Lorraine Pilkington and John Simm in Human Traffic (1999)
    Justin Kerrigan in Human Traffic (1999)
    Danny Dyer, Shaun Parkes, Lorraine Pilkington, Nicola Reynolds, and John Simm in Human Traffic (1999)
    Lorraine Pilkington and Nicola Reynolds in Human Traffic (1999)
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    Top cast

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    John Simm
    John Simm
    • Jipas Jip
    Lorraine Pilkington
    Lorraine Pilkington
    • Luluas Lulu
    Shaun Parkes
    Shaun Parkes
    • Koopas Koop
    Nicola Reynolds
    • Ninaas Nina
    Danny Dyer
    Danny Dyer
    • Moffas Moff
    Dean Davies
    • Leeas Lee
    Peter Albert
    • Lulu's Uncle Ericas Lulu's Uncle Eric
    Jan Anderson
    Jan Anderson
    • Karen Bensonas Karen Benson
    Terence Beesley
    Terence Beesley
    • Moff's Fatheras Moff's Father
    Sarah Blackburn
    • Jip's Ex #2as Jip's Ex #2
    Anne Bowen
    • Moff's Grandmotheras Moff's Grandmother
    Neil Bowens
    • Asylum Doormanas Asylum Doorman
    Peter Bramhill
    Peter Bramhill
    • Mattas Matt
    Jo Brand
    Jo Brand
    • Realityas Reality
    • (voice)
    Stephanie Brooks
    • Fleuras Fleur
    Richard Coyle
    Richard Coyle
    • Andyas Andy
    Carl Cox
    Carl Cox
    • Pablo Hassanas Pablo Hassan
    Nicola Davey
    • Jip's Ex #3as Jip's Ex #3
    • Director
      • Justin Kerrigan
    • Writer
      • Justin Kerrigan
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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    Storyline

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    The Cardiff club scene in the 90's: five best friends deal with their relationships and their personal demons during a weekend. Jip calls himself a sexual paranoid, afraid he's impotent. Lulu, Jip's mate, doesn't find much to fancy in men. Nina hates her job at a fast food joint, and her man, Koop, who dreams of being a great hip-hop d.j., is prone to fits of un-provoked jealousy. The fifth is Moff, whose family is down on his behavior. Starting Friday afternoon, with preparations for clubbing, we follow the five from Ecstacy-induced fun through a booze-laden come-down early Saturday morning followed by the weekend's aftermath. It's breakthrough time for at least three of them. —<jhailey@hotmail.com>
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    • Taglines
      • The Weekend has Landed!
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Music
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for pervasive drug content and language, and for some strong sexuality
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      'Pablo Hassan', the owner of Asylum (the nightclub they visit) is played by well known international DJ Carl Cox.
    • Goofs
      When Jip is driving home from work, his right foot - his accelerator foot - is tapping along to the music yet the car still drives smoothly.
    • Quotes

      Jip: The weekend has landed. All that exists now is clubs, drugs, pubs and parties. I've got 48 hours off from the world, man. I'm gonna blow steam out my head like a screaming kettle, I'm gonna talk cod shit to strangers all night, I'm gonna lose the plot on the dancefloor. The free radicals inside me are freakin', man! Tonight I'm Jip Travolta, I'm Peter Popper, I'm going to never-never land with my chosen family, man. We're gonna get more spaced out than Neil Armstrong ever did, anything could happen tonight, you know? This could be the best night of my life. I've got 73 quid in my back burner - I'm gonna wax the lot, man! The Milky Bars are on me! Yeah!

    • Alternate versions
      A special edition, Human Traffic Remixed, is available on DVD. This is re-cut with new scenes, new CGI effects, and new tracks.
    • Connections
      Featured in Cinemania: Ypalliloi en drasei! (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Build It Up, Tear It Down
      Written by Fatboy Slim (as Normal Cook)

      Published by PolyGram International Music Publishing

      Performed by Fatboy Slim

      Licensed courtesy of Skint Records

    User reviews172

    Review
    Top review
    Accurate portrayal of club culture, the highs and the lows
    Making a film about the 'chemical generation', those who live for the weekend, must have been a very hard enterprise. It would have to accurately reflect the lives and experiences of 'clubbers' and also appeal to a wider audience. Human Traffic just about achieves that.

    It is certainly spot on in with it's observations and in it's accuracy. It's obvious the filmmakers have 'been there and done it'. If you are or were once like the people in this film, than there is so much to relate it. It's all there, often depicted humorously but not condescendingly. The fake euphoria of being on 'E'["in the end ,I just want to be happy, yeah ,that's it.....hang on, what the **** was I talking about?"]. The monged conversation at 4 am which seems deep and meaningful but is basically rubbish [ Star Wars being about drugs!]and gets more and more incoherent. Exchanging pleasantries with someone you only see in pubs and clubs and really can't stand. 'Coming up' suddenly at the same time as someone else and mumbling to each other what you're 'on' at the speed of light. Reminiscing how it was better in the 'old days' and is now too commercial and widespread. Doing it all for the first time and going off with a bunch of dodgy geezers who are suddenly your best mates. The thrill of finding the after party. The depressing, inexorable sense of returning to the reality.

    The film's attitude to drugs is commendable, drug taking is simply something the characters do, and that's all. Nobody dies or is seriously ill ,and yet there is a sense that it doesn't really lead anywhere. "After all ,we'll not going to be doing this for ever, are we" says one character at the end.

    The film falters a little when depicting the lives of it's protagonists. For many scenes, director Justin Kerrigan uses a kind of 'heightened reality', for instance in a scene when a character comments on how the workers in a fast food place are like robots and for a moment they 'become' actual robots. This approach does not always work, and it's a shame since the characters are all the sort you could expect to run into on a Friday night. We do care a bit about their respective lives and problems, but we don't really get to know the female characters properly, and what is really the main thrust of the plot, the blossoming romance between two of the main protagonists, is dwelled on too much and is somehow unconvincing,if sometimes quite sweet. The acting is generally OK if not great.

    Human Traffic is not as important a film as, say, Trainspotting, which despite being about heroin addicts seemed to speak to a generation. Nonetheless, it's a truthful depiction of an element of society which films and TV either ignore or condescend to. Incidentally ,there are two versions, the director's edit and the later producer's edit. The latter, which cuts some footage, changes some music and adds some silly CGI, is inferior to the former.
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    • DrLenera
    • Oct 4, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 5, 2000 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Ireland
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Generación Éxtasis
    • Filming locations
      • Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, UK
    • Production companies
      • Irish Screen
      • Fruit Salad Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • £2,200,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $104,257
    • Gross worldwide
      • $104,257
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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