 | | Details | | | Time : | 147 min | | US Gross : | $ 124.107.012 | | Rating : | R | | Genre : | Drama | | Cast : | Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Benjamin Bratt, James Brolin | | Director : | Steven Soderbergh | | Rating : | 5 stars (out of 5) | | Etc. : | 2000 Oscar Best Director / Supporting Actor / Editing / Writing Winner | | | 2000 Oscar Best Picture Nomination | | | |
| | Intertwining vignettes frame this tale of America's escalating War on Drugs. Ohio Supreme Court judge Robert Wakefield has been appointed the nation's Drug Czar, his new position made more daunting by the discovery that his teenage daughter Caroline is a heroin addict. Meanwhile, DEA agents Montel Gordon and Ray Castro are pursuing Helena Ayala, wife of jailed kingpin Carlos Ayala, as she seeks to the control the business that her husband had kept hidden from her. South of the Border, duplicious local constable Javier Rodriguez is fighting the battle with his own jaded, questionable ethical code. Buy this movie ! |
