'Cocaine Cowboys' covers cartels, Miami being #1 drop-off point and has many intimate interviews with people - smugglers, murderers, cops, lawyers, etc - knee deep in the craziness in the late 70's, early 80's nearly some 40-odd years ago. It's a "talking heads" doc but plenty of vintage footage, pics of a time bathed in all forms of excess. If you enjoy true crime as much as I do, consider it a must watch that deals equally in greed & death. The only thing I'll say is the 'Reloaded' edition that came out years later has a superior presentation with many more details.
'Cocaine Cowboys' is not something I would say had a lot of replay factor for me even thought I really enjoyed my first viewing of it a long time ago. It jumps around quite a bit and the narrative focus isn't always the tightest. Watching the extended 'Reloaded' version has also highlighted how some stylish, time restrain corners were cut by creator Billy Corben who was later able to rectify things. If you're going in blind, it's satisfactory. Though I recommend the longer cut to people starting out fresh or those like me who want to go back down memory lane.
'Cocaine Cowboys' is not something I would say had a lot of replay factor for me even thought I really enjoyed my first viewing of it a long time ago. It jumps around quite a bit and the narrative focus isn't always the tightest. Watching the extended 'Reloaded' version has also highlighted how some stylish, time restrain corners were cut by creator Billy Corben who was later able to rectify things. If you're going in blind, it's satisfactory. Though I recommend the longer cut to people starting out fresh or those like me who want to go back down memory lane.