We shot most of them in cinema vrit style on 16mm film. The current DVD release features a heavily edited version that runs only 130 minutes. Fact-based story of undercover DEA agent Enrique 'Kiki' Camarena who, while stationed in Guadalajara, uncovered a massive marijuana operation in Northern Mexico that led to his death and a remarkable investigation of corruption within the Mexican government. (1988) to the TV miniseries Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990) to the Wes Craven thriller. DVD release Īll three parts originally ran for four hours. network news footage of the real Camarena incident in '85, the dramatic scenes in Drug Wars are never anything less than convincing - just as good propaganda should be". Craig MacInnis, in his review for the Toronto Star, wrote, "Interspersed with U.S. Some interesting camera work to be sure, including the video bits and some heightened use of slow motion, but the miniseries' chief strength is its grit, its anger". In his review for USA Today, Matt Roush wrote, "For a Michael Mann production, there's surprisingly little flash to Drug Wars. Especially effective is Benicio del Toro as the young, illiterate and flaky Rafael Caro-Quintero". He is well known for the Television shows like TwinPeaks, Tour of Duty, Werewolf, Three on a Match and Drug Wars: The Camarena Story. O'Connor wrote, "Perhaps not surprisingly, these amoral entrepreneurs provide some of the film's juicier roles. In his review for The New York Times, John J. In a somewhat interesting reversal of roles, in Drug Wars actors Miguel Ferrer and Steven Bauer both play DEA agents while Benicio del Toro and Eddie Velez play drug traffickers in Traffic, Ferrer and Bauer both play drug traffickers, while del Toro and Velez play a Mexican federal narcotics agent and a DEA agent. Cast ActorĪt least four of the principal actors in Drug Wars: The Camarena Story later starred in the Academy Award-winning film Traffic, a film that also deals with the subject of the ongoing drug trade between the United States and Mexico. Christopher Canaan (supervising producer)įact-based story of undercover DEA agent Enrique Camarena who, while stationed in Guadalajara, uncovered a massive marijuana operation in Northern Mexico that led to his death and a remarkable investigation of corruption within the Mexican government.
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