Portrait of a Badass: Javier

Character: Javier Rodriguez Rodriguez
Actor: Benicio Del Toro
Film: Traffic (2000)
Badass Moment: Javier uses his police training and feminine guiles to apprehend Francisco Flores (see image).

This week the Oscars reminded me about how little justice there is in the world. Five years ago Gladiator, a fun film about dismemberment, stole the Best Picture award clean out of the hands of Traffic, an awesome film about exploding cars and dolls made of cocaine.

If you haven't seen Traffic, allow me to sum it all up for you, in the style of a junior high school book report:

There's this badass Mexico City cop. He's cool. He wrecks drug smugglers and hitmen. Then there is this politician guy and a stoner kid and Catherine Zeta Jones, but the cop is the best character. He's awesome.

The awesome cop is Javier Rodriguez y Rodriguez. His awesomeness stems from the fact that he shows more complexity than any of the film's other "main" characters (if you can call them that; Traffic literally begins and ends with Javier Rodriguez Rodriguez).

Everybody likes beisbol...everybody likes badasses...that's what I'm talking about, my friend.

¡PRIMA DE TRADUCCIÓN!
(TRANSLATION BONUS!)

Here's the Spanish babel fish translation of my article, courtesy of AltaVista:

Esta semana los Oscars me recordó sobre cómo la pequeña justicia allí está en el mundo. Cinco años hace de Gladiator, una película divertida sobre la desmembración, la estola la mejor concesión del cuadro limpia fuera de las manos del Traffic, una película impresionante sobre los coches que estallan y las muñecas hechas de la cocaína.

Si usted no ha visto Traffic, permita que lo sume todo para arriba para usted, en el estilo de un informe del libro de la High School secundaria menor:

Hay este poli de Ciudad de México de los badass. Él es fresco. Él arruina a contrabandistas de la droga e hitmen. Entonces hay este individuo y un cabrito y una Catherine Zeta Jones del político de la deshuesadora, pero el poli es el mejor carácter. Él es impresionante.

El poli impresionante es Javier Rodriguez y Rodriguez. Su awesomeness proviene el hecho de que él demuestra más complejidad que cualesquiera de otros caracteres "principales" de la película (si usted puede llamarlos eso; Traffic comienza y termina literalmente con Javier Rodriguez Rodriguez).

Todos tiene gusto de beisbol... que todos tiene gusto de badasses... que es de lo que estoy hablando, mi amigo.

Retranslation back to English:

This week the Oscars remembered to me on how the small justice is there in the world. Five years for of Gladiator, a film amused on the dismemberment, the stole the best concession of the clean picture outside the hands of the Traffic, an impressive film on the cars that explode and the wrists done of the cocaine. If you have not seen Traffic, allows that she adds/sinks everything for above for you, in the style of a report of the book of the High smaller secondary School:

There is this poli of City of Mexico of badass. It is fresh. It ruins smugglers of the drug and hitmen. Then there is this individual and a cabrito and a Catherine Zeta Jones of the politician of the deshuesadora, but poli is the best character. It is impressive.

Poli impressive is Javier Rodriguez and Rodriguez. His awesomeness comes the fact that it demonstrates more complexity than nobodies of other "main" characters of the film (if you can call them that; Traffic begins and finishes literally with Javier Rodriguez Rodriguez).

All have taste of beisbol... that all has taste of badasses... that is of which I am speaking, my friend.