Bullets fly and dead bodies drop like whacked weeds in this startling documentary about the bad old days of the Miami drug trade.
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10/27/06
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Cocaine Cowboys (2006)
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Reviews Counted:49
Fresh:34
Rotten:15
Average Rating:6.4/10
Consensus: As frenetic, thrilling, and lacking in subtletly as its drug of focus...and just as likely to prompt some hard questions after it's gone.
Theatrical Release:Oct 27, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: The cocaine trade of the 70s and 80s had an indelible impact on contemporary Miami. Smugglers and distributors forever changed a once sleepy retirement community into one of the world's most... [More]
Director: Billy Corben
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Reviews for Cocaine Cowboys
What was needed was the Frontline approach; what is provided, sadly, is Brian de Palma Lite.
10/26/06
A slick look at the cocaine trade of the 70s/80s that made Miami the home of more homicides per capita, and more banks per square mile, than any other city in America.
10/26/06
An exhilarating documentary that details the chaos, glamour and greed of the drug industry in Miami during the 1970s and '80s.
10/26/06
An exhaustive, exciting and ultimately exhausting history.
10/25/06
Top CriticSet during the cocaine wars of the late '70s and early '80s, this documentary is out to reveal how Miami vice really worked.
10/25/06
Top CriticThe story is fascinating, if a little overlong, and makes you want to see a high-profile, big-name Griselda Blanco movie happen, like, tomorrow.
10/24/06
Top CriticA rogues gallery of flamboyant gangsters paint an anecdote-rich portrait of the drug trade, while a steady stream of cops, coroners and crime reporters furnish social commentary.
10/24/06
Sure, the bombast is extreme, and, yes, it spends more time on tall tales than impact reports, but this vigorous, energetic doc captures the allure of a business that has never thrived on subtlety.
10/23/06
Cocaine Cowboys' in-the-moment kicks are, after the lights come up, apt to leave one with something of an ashamed and remorseful hangover.
10/13/06
Informative documentary filmmaking that belongs as much on library shelves and agency case files as in your local theatre.
10/06/06
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