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Information
- Year
- 2016
- Runtime
- 127 min.
- Director
- Brad Furman
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller, Biography
- Rating *
- 7.0
- Votes *
- 49,091
- Checks
- 1,257
- Favs
- 52
- Dislikes
- 14
- Favs/checks
- 4.1% (1:24)
- Favs/dislikes
- 4:1
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Siskoid
I was drawn to The Infiltrator because of Bryan Cranston and John Leguizamo, but as with any biopic/true story movie, I have to brace myself. I tend to find them informative at best, haphazard at worse; it's rather rare that the writer and director successfully turn true events into a movie that works as ITSELF. Especially if it's going to take place over a space of time. In this one, a Federal agent infiltrates the Colombian drug cartels on the money laundering side of things. There are the usual undercover near misses, and schemes you won't believe happen but sure they did. Haphazard and meandering? Somewhat, but not egregiously so. Cranston is given a good acting showcase by also focusing on his marriage which is in its own jeopardy because of his job. It gets to the personal issues of the work and doesn't stick to the purely procedural. And it does get a couple points for style, the 80s-ness of it. Better than average, and on par with American Made, a similar (though more charming) biopic about the same topic (indeed, its lead crosses threads with this one's). 5 years 9 months ago