Call-Back: The last scene is a call back to Javier's comment about wanting somewhere safe for kids to play baseball at night.This was also the sole gay character in the film. He eventually gets killed by the cartel during a failed hit for ratting out their members after torture. Bury Your Gays: The assassin approaching Del Toro's character in a gay bar leads to his Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique.The last verified holdout was repatriated about a quarter-century prior to the film's release. During his interrogation he snarkily compares Montel and Ray to Japanese Army holdouts on Pacific islands "who think World War II's still going on". Artistic License – History: A minor one from Ruiz, due to his use of the present tense.As Himself: Senators Harry Reid (D-NV), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Governon Bill Weld all make minor appearances in the movie.Or Ralph Bakshi's 1974 animated film Heavy Traffic. Not to be confused with the '60s-'70s British rock group of the same name. The movie has many layers of Truth in Television, being a highly dramatized amalgamation of the lives of real people and very common or highly plausible events. As more secrets and lies are revealed, these characters learn that the war on drugs isn't as straightforward as it seems. Ayala's wife, Helena (Zeta-Jones), upon learning of her husband's true profession, takes action to ensure his freedom and her own financial security. In San Diego, DEA agents Montel Gordon and Ray Castro ( Don Cheadle and Luis Guzman) finally arrest drug kingpin Carlos Ayala ( Steven Bauer). Meanwhile, in Washington, federal judge Robert Wakefield (Douglas) is appointed the new drug czar just as he learns his daughter ( Erika Christensen) is an addict herself. In Mexico, officer Javier Rodriguez (del Toro) is assigned to investigate the drug trade by one General Salazar (Tomas Milian). With an All-Star Cast headed by Michael Douglas, his future wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Benicio del Toro in an Academy Award-winning performance, Traffic also won three other Oscars, including Best Director, only missing out on Best Picture to Gladiator. A 2000 American crime drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh, Traffic was adapted from the 1989 British Channel 4 miniseries Traffik.
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