One could mention many positive points about this movie but for me the most important attribute is its wider approach to the phenomenon. It tells the stories of almost all sides of the "business" so that one can get the vantage points of all sides. Moreover, it stands equidistant to those. I don't know any other example of this.

This film was a series of various stories happening at the same time but i feel like it doesn't hold up all the way to the end. It switches for story to story depending on the location and events but confuses the audience on whats exactly happening. If the stories tansitioned to one another a little bit more smoothly i feel like it could've held up exceptionally well and caught the audience to the end. Michael Douglas resigns because he comes across an epiphany that makes him realize that the war on drugs is happening outside of the US when it should be resolved and fixed within the country. Michael Douglas sees this war happening within his own family and realizes Americans suffering form drugs should be helped rather than killing the supplier because there will always be a demand for the product. The colour change helped the movie by helping you know which story is playing on screen, but on occasion it seemed very over exposed. Whenever the story in Mexico would play you could tell that the picture was a little over exposed and is a little irritating to the eye. I believe that the colour change could've benefited the movie but it was sort of gimmicky to me because it just wasnt executed properly. It was just way too noticable and odd.

Traffic was different than any other film I have watched. The first thing that I noticed as soon as the movie started was the different colours for all the different story lines. In the beginning, I wasn't a fan of the colour changes. I found that it was distracting and made it hard to follow what was happening. As the movie went on I was able to focus on the plot instead of the change of colours. Overal, I think this movie has aged well. I have seen the different colours in a few other films created after 2000. Other films use the different colours in flashbacks or to set the mood. Michael Douglas' character was very important in this film; he was my favourite character. His character was very developed and we were able to really feel what he felt. He was trying to control the drug use in the Usa. Little did he know, his daughter was using. He could no longer work to fight drugs if he couldn't keep his own home drug free. After finding out about his daughter he had to make a step back from his job. He couldn't tell people not to do something if he couldn't stop his daughter from doing it, he also needed to support her and help to overcome this problem.

A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the family business. My biggest problem with this film was that it felt a bit slow at times and that kinda bugged me a lot but other than that the acting was great and the story was interesting but they could have easily done a much better job with both their characters and their actors but overall it's good for an one time watch and i'm going to give it an 6.5/10