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 glamorous hot spots; the epicenter of a $20 billion annual business fed by Colombia’s Medellin cartel. By the early 80s, Miami’s tripled .. Read more
| Starring | Jon Roberts, Al Sunshine, Sam Burstyn, Mickey Munday |
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| Director | Billy Corben |
| Run time | 116 mins |
| Genres | Documentary |
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The Drugs. The Money. The Violence. The Incredible true story that inspired Scarface and Miami Vice hits cinemas this week. The cocaine trade of the 70s and 80s had an indelible... read more »
dont waste your time or DVD allocation on this awful doc o rama.
Don't expect to learn much about 1980s US politics or corruption in high places here: this is a thoroughly prosaic (and low-budget) account of drug wars in Miami in the 70s and 80s, most of it involving Colombian gangs. High body count, much news footage from the time, loads of interviews with super-rich ex-Don Corleones relaxing in the beachfront mansions looking not-very-repentant. Miami Vice soundtrack and looks like it was sellotaped together in an early 80s editing suite...
The Drugs. The Money. The Violence. The Incredible true story that inspired Scarface and Miami Vice hits cinemas this week. 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 glamorous hot spots, the epicentre of a $20 billion annual business fed by Colombia's Medellin cartel. By the early 80s, Miami's homicide rate had tripled and made it the murder... Read more