Rotten
It's the sort of glamour-meets-violence drugs-crime story on which lads' mags thrive: unqualified, over-reverent and hysterical.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Cocaine Cowboys
How Miami became the cocaine capital of the United States!
2006 · 1h 58m · R
Documentary
Directed by
Billy Corben
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Cocaine Cowboys
Overview
In the 1980s, ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition-era Chicago - and it put the city on the map. "Cocaine Cowboys" is the true story of how Miami became the drug, murder and cash capital of the United States, told by the people who made it all happen.
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69%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The Jan Hammer music on the soundtrack works overtime to assure us that Cocaine Cowboys is the real, nastier version of Miami Vice
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Fresh
This is an ugly film, but with an undeniable allure.
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Forget Scarface and Miami Vice. Cocaine Cowboys is the real deal -- a down-and-dirty look at the high living and illegal drugs that dominated south Florida in the 1980s.
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
Rotten
This documentary on Miami's lethal '80s cocaine scene is cut fast.
Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times
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