Lack of good storyline.

Beautiful, moving film.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Seen this film many times now and always makes me want to get my gear on and turn the amp up and get myself out to a club with my mates. It seems to be s common understanding with most reviews I have read here that this film is something that has a periodic and contextual feel to it. and if you are not within this small window of opportunity you don't seem to understand it. The period was the 90's rave scene, but too many people get transfixed by the drug taking the rave music, and the lack of plot and substance to the characters. Get real peeps, it is what it is, it shows five people with everyday problems, tedious jobs like most of western society letting loose and going out and letting loose allowing there mind and body to expel all the boring mundane rubbish that has built up over the week, (you know what I'm talking about, some people drink, smoke, eat, read, have sex, etc, etc) Yes it is what it is and I loved it because I lived it. all those that didn't oh well, you're loss, and you can tell who did and who didn't due to your low ratings, its a shame that you are gonna spend life so opinionated about these type of film and you're gonna die a stiff. Sit back roll a joint, take a pill and see where it takes you, you never know you may enjoy it. as your chosen drug of realty seems to be a little tedious and boring.

Patchy but had its moments of quality without a doubt. Very good, released and quite brave performance from the lead John Simms who was well cast in this role of a somewhat unlikely kind of romantic hero managing in the end to overcome his sexual worries. The scene he has with Koop towards the latter part of the film is especially good as they stare, drug-addled and fascinated looking down at a table. The film did have its cringe-worthy moments (perhaps the Alternative National Anthem being one) but it's saved by other moments of clever insight into Human interaction such as the scene where Jip has to talk to a guy who he admits isn't actually an unpleasant person but he just doesn't like him and the dialogue, direction and performances perfectly convey the thoughts that have run through everyone's head at some stage in life when we are desperate to extricate ourselves from a strained conversation which we wish we hadn't had to enter into in the first place. Justin Kerrigan pops up again (as is his way) in the role of Ziggy Marlon and gives one of the best cameo performances in the whole film.

You wouldn't expect a film about a night in the life of a group of druggie 20 year olds to be so simply amazing. 'Human Traffic' is one of those rare films that manages to create the perfect balance of humour, sensitivity and entertainment. At not one point did I find myself not enjoying this movie and its contrast of realism and random moments such as Moff's conversation with reality which still managed to maintain a certain relatability despite its absurdity. 'Human Traffic' is undeniably a film that most would enjoy, touching, humorous and an instant classic that I would very much recommend for most generations, especially those who can relate to the situations presented.

"Human Traffic" is set in Cardiff, Wales, UK and tells the story of British drug and club culture during the nineties. The film follows five friends in their twenties and we observe the characters' lifestyle over a weekend period. All of the characters live tedious lives during the week and use the weekend as an opportunity to escape their misery. The group of friends includes Jip (John Simm) who is sexually paranoid. Koop (Shaun Parkes) is suspicious of his girlfriend cheating on him. Lulu (Lorraine Pilkington) is fed up with men following a number of bad relationships. Nina (Nicola Reynolds) is eager to introduce her seventeen year old brother to drugs and Moff (Danny Dyer) is unemployed and dependant on his parents. The characters were well introduced in the opening scenes and as the plot unfolded the story developed their individual traits. All five are very authentic and true to life. Their weekend is not complete without drugs, clubs and parties. I can guarantee you will either know or have met people similar to them, and the five of them have a lot in common which brings them together. The film was written and directed by Justin Kerrigan who is from Cardiff. I can only imagine that the film tells the story of past experience he has gone through. I was very shocked when I discovered this was his first feature length film and even more surprised that he's not done much since. Jip (Simm) is the lead character in this film and he delivers an excellent performance. He has an equal amount of both dialogue and narration. I often feel narration in films is only used because the writer had struggled to put it into dialogue. However, I didn't feel it with this, as the narration from Jipps character felt very real. He constantly had thoughts on his mind and narration worked much better to portray this than the dialogue would have."Human Traffic" has a lot of energy in it and has a level of madness which makes the genre a light hearted comedy. I had no idea what direction the film was going in as there were various sub-plots and comedy skits from all five of the characters, which I was very entertained by. The language in the dialogue is very realistic and the actors do a fantastic job as well. My only one complaint is that only one of the main characters actually seemed to be Welsh. The rest of the cast without involving the extras appeared to sound very English. I suppose this is better than them attempting a poor Welsh accent, and maybe they deliberately used English actors to make English people relate to. Alternatively, they probably couldn't find any Welsh actors that suited the role. This isn't something I'd recommend to everyone as it doesn't have a wide target audience. I would suggest young people who experienced the club culture especially in the 90s in Britain would be particularly attracted to this film. However, I was very entertained by it and I could relate to the characters very well. Human Traffic is however a post-modern film and what I enjoyed the most was the authenticity and hilarity.