04-14-2019, 06:25 AM
Clint Eastwood directs this story of an asshole who becomes a drug mule for the Mexican cartels to raise money to buy things. It's an all-star cast that includes Dianne Weist, Bradley Cooper, Andy Garcia, and Laurence Fishburne. It's also by the man who wrote Gran Torino, which I enjoyed.
It's a heavy handed morality play about the importance of family over work. It's also a story about maybe not working for the cartels. All the characters are pretty much one note. The focused DEA agent. The long suffering ex-wife. The abandoned children. The stereotypical hispanic gang members.
But Clint makes friends wherever he goes. It's weird. There is not gun play. There are a lot of shots of Clint driving. So, many shots. The movie goes exactly where you expect it to go. I always think of Clint as a very yeoman like director. He doesn't have a lot of flair or style. He's all about getting the proper shots to tell the story.
And for an 80 something year old, he plays an 80 something year old very convincingly.
It's a heavy handed morality play about the importance of family over work. It's also a story about maybe not working for the cartels. All the characters are pretty much one note. The focused DEA agent. The long suffering ex-wife. The abandoned children. The stereotypical hispanic gang members.
But Clint makes friends wherever he goes. It's weird. There is not gun play. There are a lot of shots of Clint driving. So, many shots. The movie goes exactly where you expect it to go. I always think of Clint as a very yeoman like director. He doesn't have a lot of flair or style. He's all about getting the proper shots to tell the story.
And for an 80 something year old, he plays an 80 something year old very convincingly.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm
