Traffik - Miniseries

Director: Alastair Reid
Actors: Bill Paterson, Lindsay Duncan, Jamal Shah, Talat Hussain, Fritz Mueller-scherz
Studio: Acorn Media
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 32 reviews
Sales Rank: 30684

Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 325 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 1.3

MPN: 4800
ISBN: 1569384800
UPC: 054961480098
EAN: 9781569384800
ASIN: B00005J3CD

Theatrical Release Date: April 22, 1990
Release Date: June 26, 2001
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5 out of 5 stars Full of ambiguity, darkness, and murkiness....    September 4, 2007
Grigory's Girl (NYC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is a great miniseries, absolutely riveting. It's far superior to the American film in many ways. It's longer, which enables its makers to really dive into the murky, dark, deeply ambiguous world of police and drug dealers. The police are just as ruthless and cruel as the drug dealers are, and aside from one speech near the end of the series, there is very little moralising. This version just shows things as they really are in the drug war/worlds, and it's really terrifying. Soderbergh's film is much too short (even at 148 minutes) and simplifies things much too much, reducing the drug debate to the level of a "Crossfire" debate (which is no real debate at all). I really prefer the dark edges here, and the realistic approach that this series takes with the drug dealing and the relationships. I especially like Lindsay Duncan's character, as she seems at first a meek, subservient housewife of a German drug dealer, but then shows her true self and becomes as ruthless and cruel as the cops who are trying to destroy her husband and her way of life.


5 out of 5 stars So much better than the movie    July 30, 2007
AAP (Phila, Pa)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Watch this show - it should be show to every 'War-on-Drugs Czar' in the world.


4 out of 5 stars Rather intresting    January 9, 2007
S. Sarduy (Bayside, Ny United States)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

I had to watch the Miniseries for a class and write a 12 page paper on it about one of the characters.... Some points in the movie were long and could have been made shorter and to the point. But over all it was rather intresting and showed the many sides that Heroin Production covers and who it affects and how. From the Drug dealer to the drug user to the Drug Manufacter....


5 out of 5 stars wooh - eyeopening and unforgettable    December 10, 2006
Dwight (USA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful

Yikes. The situation is incredibly fubar and it doesn't look to improve given the chaos in the Middle East. I liked this more than the American remake where I couldn't forget the actors playing the roles.


5 out of 5 stars The Absolute Best    May 31, 2005
S. Ryman (Houston, TX USA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

I originally saw this on Masterpiece Theater in 1990 and was blown away at the quality of this film. I can't say enough positives. I waited so many years until this was finally released on DVD. Anyone who has seen the American film "Traffic" should see this. No comparison.