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Cocaine Cowboys

How Miami became the cocaine capital of the United States!

2006 · 1h 58m · R Crime, Documentary
Directed by Billy Corben

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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

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
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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