Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- bleak
- sardonic
- paranoid
- dark thriller night
- serious crime cinema viewing
What sets it apart
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Król’s investigation leads from a murdered traffic officer to bribery and a scheme reaching police and political authorities.
After becoming the chief suspect, Sergeant Król escapes custody and works to prove his innocence.
The officers’ partying, practical jokes, petty deals, fast cars, and violent unraveling create a harshly comic portrait of police culture.
Seven friends work, socialize, joke, and make small deals together before murder turns their shared world against itself.
Films like Traffic Department, and why
Bad Lieutenant
corrupt institutions, morally compromised law enforcement, and bleak crime drama
Serpico
police corruption, political conspiracy, and tense investigative crime storytelling
The Departed
hard-edged corruption thriller with cynical social criticism and a fugitive protagonist
A Prophet
claustrophobic police investigation, institutional rot, and grim contemporary realism
Movie Details
- Director
- Wojtek Smarzowski
- Release Date
- 2013-01-31
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (98)
Cast
- Bartłomiej Topa
- Arkadiusz Jakubik
- Julia Kijowska
- Robert Wabich
- Eryk Lubos
- Jacek Braciak
- Marcin Dorociński
- Marian Dziędziel
- Agata Kulesza
- Izabela Kuna
Common questions
- What is Traffic Department about?
- A fugitive Warsaw traffic officer hunts for the truth behind his colleague’s murder and discovers corruption reaching from the police to the political elite.
- What is Traffic Department like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Traffic Department as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Traffic Department violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Traffic Department as brutal.
- Which films are like Traffic Department?
- Films with a similar feel include Bad Lieutenant, Serpico, The Departed, and A Prophet.
- How long is Traffic Department?
- Traffic Department runs 118 minutes.
