“Traffic,” July 17 2001 (2000), video. Very interesting, rough film about the drug trade. Well done in some settings, less well in others. The parts played in Mexico and San Diego are really cool. The other pieces shot in Cincinnati are less interesting. Michael Douglas is, once again, rather boring and overly sincere as the antidrug czar with the junkie daughter. The rest of the cast and characters are well drawn, interesting, and edgy. Especially the work of Benicio Del Toros as the Mexican drug cop. Don Cheadle as the DEA guy is also excellent. It attacks the failed policy of criminalizing drugs and drug users as a collective conspiracy of government and drug suppliers.