Written by James M. Tate / 12/24/2018 / No comments / 2018 , bradley cooper , clint eastwood , crime , drama , drugs , laurence fishburne , michael peña , new
CLINT EASTWOOD STARRING IN 'THE MULE' W/ BRADLEY COOPER
Year of Release and Capture: 2018 |
But Cooper's mellow DEA agent... puzzled by this mystery driver's successful operation... could have been played by anyone... Same with his partner, ANT-MAN comic relief Michael Pena... Both led by Laurence Fishburne as their passive chief, sitting around within a quiet, practically vacant office building. Everything's so breezy in this lawmen's b-story, not much really matters. But the cops are a necessary distraction from Earl's annoying and cliché, semi-estranged, constantly whining family similar to (the far superior) GRAN TORINO, only without a house to inherit, or muscle car...
The Mule Rates: ***1/2 |
All that aside, THE MULE is really about the pace of the title character, playing mind-games with a group as lethal as the Mexican Drug Cartel i.e. he's old and they're young so they care and he doesn't. In that, Eastwood the actor's a natural while his laidback performance is contagious. But as director the movie lacks intrigue and urgency...
Then again, with the exception of a few Cartel patsies making threats (after affable gangster Andy Garcia places reluctant climber/scene-stealer Ignacio Serricchio to unsuccessfully babysit), it's about Clint reminding us he's still around, above ground, and with just-enough charm to fill two hours. But since his loosely-based-on-truth Earl (who was not so naïve to the gig or brave during the arrest) doesn't really care about what's in those bags, it's never that important to the audience: Thus THE MULE is about the drive, not the destination.
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