Cocaine Cowboys
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- In the early '80s, a new business emerged in Miami, FL, that changed the face of the city forever. That business was cocaine smuggling; as America developed a growing appetite for the drug, Colombian suppliers found that Miami was a good place to ......
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- Director(s)
- Billy Corben
- Distributor(s)
- Magnolia
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 116 min.
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The Onion (A.V. Club) | Noel MurrayAdd Critic to Favorites
Ultimately, Cocaine Cowboys' lesson isn't that crime doesn't pay, but that it maybe pays too well.Read the full review
Variety | Ronnie ScheibAdd Critic to Favorites
A 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.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites
Cocaine Cowboys, which at times seems like it could have been edited by someone on coke, comes at you as a vast bloody river of underworld information.Read the full review