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Bedford Falls Productions
USA Films
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No one gets away clean
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.
CinemaSerf
Aug 16, 2025 · via TMDB
Remember when western governments went through their phases of appointing a “czar” for everything? They clearly didn’t recall just what happened to the last one of them, and to be fair to “Wakefield” (Michael Douglas) his chances of success trying to stop the trafficking of drugs from Mexico to the USA wasn’t much likelier to succeed. In many ways the application of this task is little better than an honour amongst thieves arrangement with his own DEA officers trying to take down the “Ayala” cartel whilst south of the Rio Grande, law enforcement has rules that are more akin to survival of the fittest. They do make a semblance of a breakthrough, though, when they manage to arrest “Carlos Ayala” (Steven Bauer) thanks to some sterling work from “Gordon” (Don Cheadle) and “Castro” (Luis Guzmán). What they haven’t quite bargained on, though, is that his hitherto largely unaware wife “Helena” (Catherine Zeta Jones) is determined to avoid ending up on skid-row with her son, and so decides to take up some of the slack in her husband’s nefarious business enterprise. Meantime, different methods are proving effective for “Rodriguez” (Benicio Del Toro) and his partner “Sanchez” (Jacob Vargas) who are just as unscrupulous when it comes to tracking down these culprits and their mules, and after some success find themselves embroiled in a much more perilous endeavour to bring down the kingpin of the “Obregon” organisation. What doesn’t exactly help the new American boss is that his teenage daughter “Caroline” (Erika Christensen) spends a fair amount of her time stoked up with her boyfriend (Topher Grace) and their posh mates, sniffing or snorting whatever they can get hold of in their money-no-object, country club, lives and when that news leaks out, his own position might need him to start thinking about that second letter he had been warned to write. As the nets all begin to tighten, much hinges on the testimony of the dealer “Ruíz” (Miguel Ferrer) who has been promised immunity if he spills the beans, but - well, let’s just say that “Mrs. Ayala” wants her husband back. Rather than take a broad-brush approach to the national level of the politicking here, this works better because it focuses more on the people on the ground who are routinely making and breaking the rules to stay one step ahead of people who have ten times the budgets, the resources and the guile to ensure that for every one that are caught, another nine get through. Though I didn’t love the sometimes quite amateur-looking photography, and I felt the score frequently quite obtrusive, Del Toro is on great form exuding well the attitude of a pragmatic officer who has standards and red lines, but they can conveniently blur from time to time. Ferrer is also effective as the creepy snitch and the gradual incorporation of the threads into a single denouement works well in providing clear evidence that such a single conclusion isn’t ever going to realistically possible! Luckily, Douglas isn’t used so much because he’s pretty hopeless, but just about everyone else works well delivering a gritty dramatisation of what it could be like for the narcotics equivalent of King Canute.
5rJoud
Jul 4, 2021 · via TMDB
**Someone needs to go back to directing school** This gem of the millennium comes with a great story (which has been done countless times before and after), great actors (funny faced most of them), and very well done action. Unfortunately all is wasted on the terrible actual telling of that story and its people in action. We get weird colors, useless zoom ins, shots into nothing, a boring soundtrack, the whole thing stripped off any continuity and stretched to 2 hours 30 minutes. It is understandable the makers of this film wanted to underline the realism with a documentary style, but come on. Or maybe they just were on some of the drugs shown in the picture, or maybe, and that must be it, they wanted the audience to feel like they were on drugs. 9 June 2017 I am migrating my reviews from a different site which has become simply garbage. TMDB looks awesome and I look forward to be a part of it.
JPV852
Apr 12, 2021 · via TMDB
Seen this a few times over the years and still remains a compelling multi-character drama with some fine performances all around. Also has some great visuals depending on the storyline. Not sure where I rank it amongst Soderbergh's other works (Ocean's 11 has the fun factory going for it) but still love it no matter how many times I've seen it. **4.5/5**
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Michael Douglas
Robert Wakefield
Benicio del Toro
Javier Rodriguez
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Helena Ayala
Erika Christensen
Caroline Wakefield
Don Cheadle
Montel Gordon
Jacob Vargas
Manolo Sanchez
Miguel Ferrer
Eduardo Ruiz
Luis Guzmán
Ray Castro
Topher Grace
Seth Abrahms
Tomas Milian
Gen. Arturo Salazar
Clifton Collins Jr.
Francisco Flores
Amy Irving
Barbara Wakefield
Dennis Quaid
Arnie Metzger
D.W. Moffett
Jeff Sheridan
Steven Bauer
Carlos Ayala
Albert Finney
Chief of Staff
James Brolin
General Ralph Landry
Enrique Murciano
DEA Agent - Trailer
Peter Riegert
Attorney Michael Adler
Benjamin Bratt
Juan Obregón
Yul Vazquez
Tigrillo / Obregón Assassin
Majandra Delfino
Vanessa
James Pickens Jr.
Prosecutor Ben Williams
Viola Davis
Social Worker
Michael Saucedo
Desert Truck Driver
Jose Yenque
Salazar Soldier / The Torturer
Emilio Rivera
Salazar Soldier #2
Michael O'Neill
Lawyer Rodman
Russell G. Jones
Mark
Beau Holden
DEA Agent - CalTrans
James Lew
DEA Agent - CalTrans
Jeremy Fitzgerald
DEA Agent - CalTrans
Gary Carlos Cervantes
DEA Agent - Trailer
Leticia Bombardier
Ruiz's Secretary
Carl Ciarfalio
Ruiz's Assistant
Gilbert Rosales
Van Passenger
Rick Avery
DEA Agent - Public Storage
Mario Roberts
DEA Agent - Public Storage
Eileen Weisinger
DEA Agent - Public Storage
Keii Johnston
DEA Agent - Public Storage
Mike Watson
DEA Agent - Public Storage
Kurt D. Lott
DEA Agent - Public Storage
Buck McDancer
DEA Agent - Public Storage
Ousaun Elam
DEA Agent - Public Storage
Brian Avery
DEA Agent - Public Storage
Rena Sofer
Helena's Friend
Stacey Travis
Helena's Friend
Daniella Kuhn
Tourist Woman
Brandon Keener
Tourist Man
George Blumenthal
Partygoer #1
Stephen Dunham
Lobbyist
Don Nickles
Senator Don Nickles
Margaret Travolta
Economist
Harry Reid
Senator Harry Reid
Barbara Boxer
Senator Barbara Boxer
Orrin Hatch
Senator Orrin Hatch
Chuck Grassley
Senator Charles Grassley
Dave Hager
Partygoer #3
Tucker Smallwood
Partygoer #4
Marisol Padilla Sánchez
Ana Sanchez
Toby Holguin
Salazar Soldier
Elaine Kagan
Judge Reed
John Slattery
ADA Dan Collier
Jimmy Ortega
Arrested Man in Apartment
Thomas Rosales Jr.
Tackled Man #2
Vonte Sweet
Dealer
Jack Conley
Agent Hughes
Eddie Velez
Agent Johnson
Mike Siegel
DEA Representative
Harsh Nayyar
Witness #1
Mary Pat Gleason
Witness #2
Vincent M. Ward
Man on Street
Jsu Garcia
Pablo Obregón
Kaizaad Kotwal
Teacher
David Jensen
John
Kymberly Newberry
Press Secretary
Ben Scott
Ayala Security #2
Michael Showers
Meeting Leader
Salma Hayek Pinault
Rosario (uncredited)
David Bickford
Stan (uncredited)
Adam Clark
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Chic Daniel
DEA Agent (uncredited)
Sonia Debreczeni
Reporter (uncredited)
Rod Fielder
Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)
Tony Guma
Detective (uncredited)
Valerie Hanna
Witness #3 (uncredited)
Ambrit Millhouse
Cincinnati Hooker (uncredited)
Laurent Schwaar
Art Appraiser (uncredited)
William-Christopher Stephens
Drug Dealer (uncredited)
Clyde Tull
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Fairly Tull
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Jim Cody Williams
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Philip Messina
Production Design
Steven Soderbergh
Director of Photography
Barry Idoine
First Assistant "A" Camera
John Robotham
Stunt Coordinator
Jimmy Ortega
Stunt Double
Rick Avery
Stunts
Steven Soderbergh
Director
Gregory Jacobs
First Assistant Director
Stephen Mirrione
Editor
James Plannette
Chief Lighting Technician
Debra Zane
Casting
Terri Taylor
Casting Associate
Graham King
Executive Producer
Mike Newell
Executive Producer
Edward Zwick
Producer
Marshall Herskovitz
Producer
Aaron Glascock
Dialogue Editor
Alicia Stevenson
Foley Artist
Dawn Fintor
Foley Artist
Herbie Hancock
Musician
Cliff Martinez
Original Music Composer
Larry Blake
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Larry Blake
Supervising Sound Editor
Simon Moore
Original Film Writer
Stephen Gaghan
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