The film directed by Steven Soderbergh is made like a documentary. Director Soderbergh operated the portable camera himself, using ready-made light sources, and the filming was finished quickly, just like a TV cameraman. Its multiple narratives allow us to see the same event from different perspectives:
State Supreme Court Judge Russ (Michael Douglas) is assigned to investigate a drug trafficking case, only to discover that his daughter is a drug addict. The Mexican drug lord was arrested and put in jail. His pregnant wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) took over the business, assisted by a slick lawyer (Dennis Quaid). The anti-narcotics officer (Louis Guzman, Dan Chido) confronts a high-level drug dealer (Miguel Farrow) who later cooperates with the police.
Each story has a special "appearance"-mixing different colors, filters, saturation, dialogue, etc., so that the audience can understand each story at a glance. Director Soderbergh said: "From the very beginning, I hoped that the film felt like it happened in front of you. The aesthetics needed are not cosmetic and sophisticated. The arranged pictures and the unexpectedly captured pictures will be completely different. I don't. I hope this film pretends to be rough, but I hope it looks like I was tracking it, as if I happened to be on the scene when the incident happened."
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