We learn right off the bat that it is every man for himself. Javier finds himself working for a General of the Mexican Army who has his own way of waging war on the drug cartels. Del Toro plays a somber character who is heavy with expressive eyes and body language that should get him a nod or two from Oscar this year. I would like to see her and her real-life hubby Michael Douglas get up close and personal, but alas their two paths never really cross in this story. They almost do, as in one scene she is crossing the street near where he is driving a car in search of his runaway daughter.
Traffic is filled with that type of irony.
Believe it or not there is. The humor is subtle and much needed after we are witness to frontline scenes of torture and executions taking place across the border. At one point, basic in D.C., Wakefield is lost in a sea of politicians eager to impose their policies on him. As well he should. Their rhetoric makes the point that everyone can talk all they want, but no one can come up with any real solutions.