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Cocaine Cowboys Reviews

2006

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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
Director	Billy Corben
Genres	Documentary

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- Why even put this in a cinema when itâs intended to be devoured on DVD by potheads, 17-year-old Pablo Escobar... read more on Time Out
- 50383
- - Dave Calhoun
  - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
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  No No No
  
  dont waste your time or DVD allocation on this awful doc o rama.
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Sheffield
  - 29 Feb 2008 at 08:17
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  - 2
  Cocaine Cowboys
  
  I expected a fast moving thriller. However I got a documentary which scared the life out of me because of the amount of money which flowed through the hands of ... read more »
  
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- - Dorain
  - 5 reviews
  - Dundee
  - 04 Feb 2011 at 11:52
- - 3
  - 0
  COKE COWBOYS!
  
  VERY WELL PRESENTED DOCUMENTARY ON THE RISE OF THE COCAINE WARS IN THE 70S/80S/ IN MIAMI!!!
  
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- 953120
- - Stuart Neill
  - CARDIFF, WALES
  - 12 Jan 2011 at 22:10
- - 3
  - 0
  Surprisingly good
  
  Excellent look at 'modern' Miami. The 'skills' of the drug lords were matched by the incompetence of police services. The dealer and traffickers... read more »
  
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- - JTrn326
  - 1 review
  - Preston, Lancashire
  - 12 Sep 2010 at 20:34
- - 0
  - 0
  Interesting Doc
  
  I rather enjoyed this documentary.
  
  Its not as slick and polished as the modern wave of cinema tailored documentary films, (which to me loose a little... read more »
  
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- - PaulMSmith
  - 3 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 31 Jul 2010 at 18:01
- - 1
  - 0
  cool documentary
  
  Any one with an interest in the history of organised crime in America will enjoy this well made and comprehensive documentary.
  
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- - captainfantastic
  - 2 reviews
  - carlisle, england
  - 30 Apr 2010 at 14:46
- - 0
  - 0
  Excellent doc
  
  This is a very entertaining documentary about Florida in the early 80s. Rather than get authors and pundits as talking heads, it talks to the criminals and the ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - England
  - 04 Apr 2010 at 21:37
- - 0
  - 0
  The real scarface
  
  this is a brilliant documentary!!!
  
  it goes in to a lot more detail than similar docs on this topic it really gives you a feel of what miami was like ... read more »
  
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- 860079
- - bubbleboy
  - 4 reviews
  - Chester
  - 10 Feb 2010 at 18:56
- - 0
  - 0
  The true story behind Scarface
  
  Its amazing how much money flowed into Miami during those troubled times. This is not the best documentary of all time, far from it, but it is certainly one of... read more »
  
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- 857090
- - brokenking
  - 212 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 03 Feb 2010 at 17:05
- - 0
  - 0
  Interesting!!
  
  I watched this thinking it was a film! How wrong was i LOL!
  
  But as i was watching it i was getting more and more interested as the documentary went ... read more »
  
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- 855979
- - MadMax889
  - 8 reviews
  - London
  - 01 Feb 2010 at 08:56
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  - 0
  cocaine cowboys
  
  Incredibly boring. The part I saws before falling asleep was sheer rubbish
  
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- - slipper
  - 2 reviews
  - Ripon
  - 21 Dec 2009 at 12:00
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- - 11
  - 8
  No No No
  
  dont waste your time or DVD allocation on this awful doc o rama.
  
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- 532744
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Sheffield
  - 29 Feb 2008 at 08:17
- - 5
  - 0
  A Documentary on Speed!
  
  The kind of documentary thats shown on Channel 5 on a Wednesday night this film is not for those of you who like your documentaries well-rounded, incisive and ... read more »
  
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- - ADN
  - 1 review
  - London
  - 11 Feb 2008 at 13:29
- - 5
  - 0
  Miami or Bust
  
  A really informative and powerful documentary. There are easily several good Hollywood movies that could be made on the information contained in this film. The... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Lanark
  - 03 Mar 2008 at 14:40
- - 3
  - 0
  Surprisingly good
  
  Excellent look at 'modern' Miami. The 'skills' of the drug lords were matched by the incompetence of police services. The dealer and traffickers... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 922844
- - JTrn326
  - 1 review
  - Preston, Lancashire
  - 12 Sep 2010 at 20:34
- - 3
  - 0
  COKE COWBOYS!
  
  VERY WELL PRESENTED DOCUMENTARY ON THE RISE OF THE COCAINE WARS IN THE 70S/80S/ IN MIAMI!!!
  
  Report this review
- 953120
- - Stuart Neill
  - CARDIFF, WALES
  - 12 Jan 2011 at 22:10
- - 2
  - 0
  bored
  
  I GOT FEED UP WITH THIS DVD NOT 4 ME
  
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- 546048
- - scorpion
  - 538 reviews
  - Mexborough
  - 28 Mar 2008 at 14:44
- - 2
  - 0
  Tawdy true crimes sensationalism
  
  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 ... read more »
  
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- 551111
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  - Noseyjoe
  - 167 reviews
  - London
  - 09 Apr 2008 at 10:35
- - 1
  - 0
  Carnage
  
  Thought this was a film but it turned out to be a documentery, still very interesting and shocking
  
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- 545947
- - Bubu
  - 75 reviews
  - Guernsey
  - 28 Mar 2008 at 11:41
- - 1
  - 0
  NOT A FILM A DOCMENTARY
  
  NOT MY TYPE OF FILM HAD TO SWITCH IT OFF, THIS IS NOT A FILM.
  
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- 550045
- - a customer
  - EAST MIDLANDS
  - 06 Apr 2008 at 22:20
- - 1
  - 0
  Deadly Documentary
  
  I dont know why some people have dissed this...Its by far the best and most interesting documentary to date on the whole Columbian Cartel Cocaine industry.read more »
  
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- - Nokka
  - 12 reviews
  - Liverpool
  - 15 May 2008 at 20:57

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Critics' reviews
- Why even put this in a cinema when itâs intended to be devoured on DVD by potheads, 17-year-old Pablo Escobar... read more on Time Out
- 50383
- - Dave Calhoun
  - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
- [The movie] comes at you as a vast bloody river of underworld information
- 179207
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 26 Mar 2011 at 01:32

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  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 ...