Movie Reviews with Attitude Traffic Traffic is like a cinematic nesting doll. Each scene introduces another deeper scene with an even more fascinating character. Each of these startlingly realistic people is then portrayed by riveting actor after riveting actor. What a great movie. Now at over two hours of evolving plot scenarios of each story-ette, you'll feel, at times, a tad sedated.
Traffic has many subtle rewards.
The players are so three-dimensional that it's more like voyeurism or a twisted version of Real World than a scripted film. The two top Mexie drug cartels are warring against each other for control of Baja California. Everyone it seems. And how the trafficking it is affecting each of their lives. She's faced with all the ugly laundered truths.