His subsequent mission to save her links his endeavors on behalf of his family with his efforts to confront the flow of illicit drugs on behalf of his country. But the melodramatic thrust of Wakefield's domestic traumas is too often at odds with the tone that prevails elsewhere. Traffic is at its best when dealing with the internecine subterfuge that dooms the war on drugs to defeat. This gripping part of the film drags the others along behind it. It also offers an explanation of why, once the drug war has extended its battleground into suburban neighborhoods, there's no Exit sign to show the way out.
Life is a cabaret . . .
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