Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 147 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
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.
- drug dealer
- daughter
- mother
- drug abuse
- drug smuggling
- smuggling (contraband)
- war on drugs
- drug trafficking
- addicted
- police operation
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Directed
- Steven Soderbergh
- Written
- Stephen Gaghan
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 2,489 ratings
- Studio
- USA Films, Initial Entertainment Group, Bedford Falls Productions, Laura Bickford Productions, Compulsion Inc.
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
