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.
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Don Cheadle | Montel Gordon |
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Dennis Quaid | Arnie Metzger |
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Luis Guzman | Ray Castro |
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Michael Douglas | Robert Wakefield |
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Viola Davis | Social Worker |
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Albert Finney | Chief of Staff |
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Salma Hayek | Rosario |
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Catherine Zeta-Jones | Helena Ayala |
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Benjamin Bratt | Juan Obregón |
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Topher Grace | Seth Abrahms |
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Miguel Ferrer | Eduardo Ruiz |
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Jacob Vargas | Manolo Sanchez |
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Michael O'Neill | Lawyer Rodman |
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Emilio Rivera | Salazar Soldier #2 |
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James Brolin | General Ralph Landry |
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Carl Ciarfalio | Ruiz's Assistant |
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Margaret Travolta | Economist |
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Enrique Murciano | DEA Agent - Trailer |
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Amy Irving | Barbara Wakefield |
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Tomas Milian | General Arturo Salazar |
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Benicio Del Toro | Javier Rodríguez |
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D.W. Moffett | Jeff Sheridan |
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Beau Holden | DEA Agent - CalTrans |
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James Lew | DEA Agent - CalTrans |
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Jeremy Fitzgerald | DEA Agent - CalTrans |
Director | Steven Soderbergh |
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Writer | Simon Moore, Stephen Gaghan | |
Producer | Laura Bickford, Marshall Herskovitz, Cameron Jones, Graham King, Andreas Klein, Mike Newell, Richard Solomon, Edward Zwick | |
Musician | Cliff Martinez | |
Photography | Steven Soderbergh |