Traffik [2 Discs]

"The five-hour miniseries Traffik gets stretched out onto two enthralling discs for this DVD release. A gripping tale that takes you deep inside the international drug trade, this BBC production became the basis for the excellent Steven Soderbergh movie Traffic. Both the audio and visual transfers are first-rate but tech hounds should keep in mind that Traffik was produced for the small screen and won't show off your flashy home entertainment system the way that a theatrical blockbuster like The Matrix will. The DVD includes interviews with screenwriter Simon Moore and series producer Brian Eastman, while a featurette explains how a TV series that spanned Britain, Germany, and Pakistan was turned into a movie set in America and Mexico. Don't believe the revisionist reviews that claim this TV series is infinitely deeper and more complex than the movie, each have their relative strengths and succeed on their own merits."