The Mule (2018)
Clint Eastwood directs, produces and more importantly stars in this true story of a former army veteran who in his later years (80's) starts running drugs for the Mexican cartel.
Largely action free but thoroughly engaging and at times gripping in it's unpredictability, Eastwood is a joy to behold and backed up by a superb ensemble support cast of Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Peña, Dianne Wiest, and Andy Garc?*a.
The film is as much about family reconciliation, especially during the second half, as it is about drug running but in a way that actually adds to the dramatic narrative and the ending although downbeat is actually quite charming and in a way uplifting.
It felt a privilege to watch The Mule and see Eastwood in front of the camera and in fine form again. I would say for probably the last time, but i said that about Gran Torino in 2008 and then Trouble with the Curve in 2012, so who is to say he won't surprise us again?
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