This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

This film was a take on the original. There are several stories going on here. One includes a Chechyen illegal immigrant taxi driver who is awaiting the arrival of his wife and daughter aboard an illegal ship. When the ship sinks with all the illegals on board, he is determined to learn the truth about the events. The second is a young man who has failed in real estate but takes over his father's clothing business with some shady ties to Ronny Chow. He suddenly realizes that his father was involved in transporting illegal immigrants. The third is a DEA agent with a devoted loving wife and son who just moved to Seattle. All of this takes place in Seattle. Anyway, he goes AWOL during his time in Afghanistan and there's more. Anyway, Mary McCormack delivered a great performance as the wife, Carol McKay. The other cast members are also quite good especially the Chechyen man. The film is weak in it's explanation of what actually happened to make it believable.

This film was inspired by the British mini series Traffik, and updates the story of international smuggling taking it in a different direction. The story arcs were good and the series was engrossing; however, I had a number of complaints about the "look" of the film.Too much color saturation in the Afghanistan scenes. I had to turn down the color setting almost to black and white.Most of the scenes were so badly lit that it was impossible to see what was happening. I reset the brightness as far as it would go but still could not see in the dark. A bit more lighting on the actors faces would have helped considerably.The fast "short attention span" editing. I would have preferred to spend longer with each individual story rather than fast 30 second cutting. This isn't MTV or a commercial, it is a drama.I was able to compare the mini series with the British original, and unlike the much more subtle British Traffik which painted all but one character in shades of grey, and no one was without blame for the drug traffic whether users, dealers or the politicians whose policies had allowed the trade to flourish, this being an American film the good guys were good, with one exception, and the bad guys were BAD, SUPER BAD. No ambiguities here. By moving the action to Afghanistan there was plenty of opportunity for Rambo style gung ho action. Lots of kick ass Americans shooting machine guns at everything that moved. There was no in-depth explanations for why those involved did what they did. The only sympathetic character was Adam the Chechen illegal immigrant.SPOILER AHEADSo what was the promised twist at the end? That Mike's partner in the DEA was really an informant? I worked that out in the first five minutes. Was it that he decided to stay in Seattle and take out the garbage? Or was it that Adam did not kill Ronny Cho's partner? Loose ends do not a happy viewer make.

First, let me start off by saying that Traffic (the movie) w/Michael Douglas, Benecio del Toro, etc. is one of my favorite movies of all time. It truely captures the seedy underworld that IS drug trafficing.This mini-series is NOTHING like the movie. The plot is VERY weak, the character development is almost non-existant, and I'm left with no feelings whatsoever for any of the characters. I caught myself falling asleep at least a half-dozen times on the first night...not due to lack of action, but due to the fact that I just don't CARE about any of the characters and their situations.Secondly, the locations for parts of the story are supposed to take place in Seattle and 'Northwest Washington'. I *LIVE* in Seattle, and I can't for the life of me picture any of the areas depicted there as actually being in Washington State. The scene on the first night in the convienence store had an RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) ATM machine, and the lottery sign at the counter is consistent with the B.C. Lottery, not Washington State lottery. It is quite obvious to me that it was filmed in British Columbia, Canada. For goodness sake....if they're going to make a convincing story that takes place in a well-known urban area, they might as well film at least a few scenes there to convince the locals!!Do yourself a favor and rent the movie instead.

In short, good stories; and their presentations never die. And in acceptance of this, despite the "sure deals" and "assumed audience" that USA had working for them, they have managed to develop a brilliant scheme that played out. "Traffic", in it's own right, is a beautifuly executed miniseries of it's own. And should be allowed to stand on those legs, despite it's legacy. For this is an issue that man has left unfounded,; and to be so humanistlicly illustrated, quite possibly more than it's predecesor. For this is a story about our own legacy's, our own weaknesses - which has managed to play it self out in of all places: Our Televisions.