- Actors: John Simm, Lorraine Pilkington, Shaun Parkes, Nicola Reynolds, Danny Dyer
- Directors: Justin Kerrigan
- Writers: Justin Kerrigan
- Producers: Allan Niblo, Arthur Baker, Emer McCourt, Kevin Menton, Michael Wearing
- Language English
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Metrodome
- VHS Release Date: 28 Jan 2002
- Run Time: 99 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004D02N
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 9,474 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Five best friends, 48 hours and a bucket-load of ecstasy pills make for an enjoyably lightweight slice of pop-cultural ephemera from debut director Justin Kerrigan. Cardiff is the city, and hardcore partying, clubbing and pubbing is on the menu as Jip (John Simm) and his renegade band of McJobbers clock off and head out for a weekend of debauchery. Among Jip's hedonistic posse are the cheeky cockney drug-dealer Moff (Danny Dyer), the terminally jealous boyfriend Koop (Shaun Parkes), and the bad-boy magnet Lulu (Lorraine Pilkington).
And that's pretty much it. Our heroes meet in a pub, get drunk, take drugs, go to a club, then to a party, then home, and then meet up in another pub, just in time for the closing credits. Along the way there's a shamefully lethargic attempt to establish character back-story: Jip is temporarily sexually impotent because his mother's a prostitute; Koop's father is institutionalised; Lulu has nasty boyfriends; and Moff has conservative parents. But generally Human Traffic is happier at the heart of the party, celebrating the intoxication of club culture--which it does in style. Kerrigan pulls out all the formal stops with an energetic melange of jump cuts, slo-mo, and speeded-up "smudge" motion camerawork. There's also direct addresses to camera, fantasy sequences and some self-conscious cameos from DJ Carl Cox and former-drug dealer Howard Marks, author of Mr Nice. Wall-to-wall music from the likes of Fatboy Slim, William Orbit and even Primal Scream help paste over the occasional cracks in the veneer, which include some particularly duff lines ("We're gonna get more spaced than Neil Armstrong ever did!") and a drawn analysis of drug references in Star Wars, a nod to the films of Kevin Smith, such as Clerks, Mallrats and Chasing Amy. And if the whole project already feels dated and empty, well that's because it perfectly captures an essentially 1990s moment, and one gloriously empty weekend. --Kevin Maher
From the Back Cover
Revolving around a single drug-addled night out in Cardiff, Human Traffic Remixed follows the fortunes of Jip (John Simm), Lulu (Lorraine Pilkington), Koop (Shaun Parkes), Moff (Danny Dyer) and Nina (Nicola Reynolds). Together they set out to escape their mundane McJobs and create their largest weekend yet.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
OK so its a quiet saturday night and you figure, "I'll stay in... have some wine, maybe watch a movie" If that movie is human traffic before the midpoint you will have called your friends and left the building... not the most positive start to a review, but its because the film is SO good that you have to turn it off and enjoy your own club culture. Funny, Inventive, friendly, likable its a bunch of best mates in a video box.
26 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Having not seen the 'Non Special Edition' of this film, I don't know what they've done to it to make it 'Special' but it certainly did it for me.
The music has you out of your seat and in your own virtual club whilst the characters (who are so different from each other in their background culture but are brought to the same level by E's and their love of music) make you want to join them in the film.
I actually watched this film twice in one night because of the music and now I'm awaiting the soundtrack CD, which i hope won't disappoint me..
Quite simply, buy this film for the music, buy it for the culture and buy it for the sheer enjoyment it will provide you with.
The music has you out of your seat and in your own virtual club whilst the characters (who are so different from each other in their background culture but are brought to the same level by E's and their love of music) make you want to join them in the film.
I actually watched this film twice in one night because of the music and now I'm awaiting the soundtrack CD, which i hope won't disappoint me..
Quite simply, buy this film for the music, buy it for the culture and buy it for the sheer enjoyment it will provide you with.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I decided to buy this as I've worn the old VHS copy out. Plus, I'm a sucker for 'remixes!' There are a few extra scenes and some of the music has been updated in the club. There are also one or two scenes that have been cut. Moff visits his dealer for one.
Not much in the way of features. A 'making of' documentary, a couple of short films from his student days & some more deleted scenes. My favourite is the car journey. Its only trivial, but they are driving along and the tape jams in the cassette player. A total, chemically induced, over the top reaction follows, threatening the interruption of the buzz! Only one thing you can do in that situation.. Sing up! It might be lost on some people but others will know what I mean. Its this attention to detail that makes the film special.
I'm totally convinced that Justin Kerrigan was part of the scene, as you don't get such close parallels without living it for real. If anything the acting is a little too good, right down to the dilated pupils. I think the cast really did their homework on this. In fact may still have been doing it whilst filming... Only kidding ;)
Energetic first half, with a blinding soundtrack. System F - Out of the Blue, remains my favourite dance track of all time. A slower more uncomfortable feel to the second half, maybe to balance the equation, albeit light-heartedly & show us that ecstasy isn't all empathy n skittles.
I think it's a pretty fine debut from Kerrigan, who clearly put a lot of effort into this. It makes me a little sad when I hear stories about it being locked in distribution battles & burning him out before he's even begun. Maybe that's why we haven't heard anything from him since? Shame, as he clearly has talent.
We risk sanity
for moments of temporary enlightenment.
So many ideas, so little memory.
The last thought
killed by the anticipation of the next.
We embrace an overwhelming feeling
of love. We flow in unison.
We're together.
I wish this was real
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Not for me.
A colleague suggest i watch this, I surely wont be listening to her anymore, I found this a bit depressing.
Published 6 months ago by Bev
Superb Film!!
This is one of the best British films of the youth generation and the only one of the 1990s as far as I'm concerned. Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2009 by I. M. Knight
Don't buy this "REMIXED" version
You'll clearly see the word "REMIXED" on the front cover of the DVD box, just under the words (Human Traffic). Please avoid this "REMIXED" version. Read more
Published on 13 May 2009 by P521
A remix too far...
There are many reviews of the film, although few give any mention of this being a remix version. As someone who has seen both, I'd have to say that the remixed version adds very... Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2008 by Magic Lemur
Awesome take on dance culture
I completely loved this film, saw it again after a couple of years and think it gets better with age. Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2007 by Mr Orpheus
Very dated these days
I can remember watching this when it first came out and liking it what with being a weekender myself, prone to large nights out, debauched behaviour and a good times mission with... Read more
Published on 22 Oct 2007 by Colonel Kurtz
Great
Somewhere between the cheery comedic teen angst of a Brat Pack movie and the stylishly dingy, drug-ravaged night life of "Trainspotting," you'll find the fresh-faced, fun-loving,... Read more
Published on 7 Oct 2007 by Mr. D. L. Selwood
Love it !
To start with i wasn't sure about this film, a few of my friends said it was realy good but after my first time watching it i had to say i thought it was just average. Read more
Published on 19 Sep 2007 by D. Potts
Must see
I think everyone should watch Human Traffic at least once. Although I don't know of many people who don't watch it over and over again and are able to quote the script word for... Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2007 by P. McDONALD
a grower now a shower....
I watched this film and thought it was alright.. As some people have said, it is like an introduction for an hour and a half and then it finishes. Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2007 by creamer_jim
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