The Infiltrator
The Infiltratoris a stylishly crafted and well-acted dramatic thriller, but breaks little new ground despite fascinating subject matter.
InThe Infiltrator , it ’s the mid-1980s and U.S. Customs Service special agentive role Robert Mazur ( Bryan Cranston ) spends his days working cloak-and-dagger for female chest drug smugglers and money - laundering businesses . With assistance from an witnesser recruited by his fellow federal agent Emir Abreu ( John Leguizamo ) , Robert is able to penetrate the power structure of the Medellin Cartel : one of the most muscular drug corporate trust in the human beings , steer by the ill-famed Colombian drug Maker Pablo Escobar . Passing himself off as the businessman Robert " Bob " Musella , Robert begins to advance the trust of key figures in the cartel - in turning , gathering evidence against not only them , but also the Bank of Credit and Commerce International : the high - ranking private financial establishment that does business sector with the corporate trust .
However , as Robert and his squad - including agent Kathy Ertz ( Diane Kruger ) , who poses as Robert ’s fiancée - get in deep with the Medellin Cartel , so too grow the danger of them being incur out and the terrible event that look them , should that happen . As the procedure takes an more and more sonorous toll on his personal animation too , Robert must play all the harder to keep his wits about him , knowing that just one false step could get him , his fellow broker and peradventure even his household killed .
Based on the actual - life story Robert Mazur ’s compose memoir about his meter working for the U.S. government ( fully titledThe Infiltrator : My Secret Life Inside the Dirty Banks Behind Pablo Escobar ’s Medellin Cartel),The Infiltratoroffers an effectively streamlined account of Mazur ’s actual experiences , courtesy of screenwriter Ellen Brown Furman - who , as it were , is alsoInfiltratordirector Brad Furman ’s female parent . The film ’s overarching narrative thus stretch mostly as as slow - burn , but systematically tense , dramatic thriller that is accentuate by intense moment of violence and/or disturb situations .
WhileThe Infiltratormaintains a coherent tension throughout as a consequence , it also treads in in spades familiar priming coat for this type of crime drama / thriller material - failing to offer much in the way of unexpected twists / turns or novel sixth sense into the theme its brooch ( the blood between cop and criminal , the psychological effects of being undercover , and so forth ) . Brad Furman guides the legal proceeding with a steady directorial deal , yet fall little at delivering the form of regard experience that immix white - metacarpophalangeal joint thrills with a deep musing on either its diachronic bailiwick subject and/or its literal - biography characters ( a laArgo , to advert another true account - based drama / thriller feature Cranston ) .
The Infiltratorcertainly looks upright though , as Brad Furman and cinematographer Joshua Reis ( who served as a camera operator on 2011’sThe Lincoln Lawyer , which Brad Furman also directed ) render a visually - silken and well - crafted picture show here - one that features an fittingly scuzzy and sleazy vision of the 1980s drug crime Hell . The film is further serve by a mood - setting soundtrack that apply several hits songs of the 1970s and ' 80s ( for one lesson , " Pusherman " by Curtis Mayfield ) to embellish the adjective sequences in the cinema - at the same time , congratulate the many scenes where Robert and his drug lord target conduct in not - so - respectable establishments ( slip nightspot , race tracks , and so forth ) . The production design by Crispian Sallis ( Gladiator ) and costumes from Dinah Collin ( Hyde Park on Hudson ) similarly capture the garish aesthetics and manner good sense of ' 80s drug - couture .
Bryan Cranston anchorsThe Infiltratorwith a strong performance as Robert Mazur , whose no - nonsense way and vulnerable family man disposition juxtaposes well with the unscrupulous part that he must meet for his occupation - providing a unremitting monitor that behind the controlled facade , Mazur lives in constant fright , sleep together that one misapprehension is all it will take to cost him his life . Cranston also plays well against Diane Kruger as Kathy Ertz , an intelligent and equal to agent whose only impuissance is her inexperience in the field of force . John Leguizamo as Emir Abeu provides an efficacious foil to both Cranston and Kruger ’s characters inThe Infiltrator- since , as he openly admits , Emir finds his line of work of work to be more exhilarating than exhausting , unlike those around him .
The Infiltrator ’s cast includes several noteworthy lineament actors in modest , but substantial roles ; include , Amy Ryan ( Central Intelligence ) as Robert ’s hard - edge boss Bonni Tischler ; Juliet Aubrey ( The White Queen ) as Robert ’s supportive , but aweary wife Evelyn Mazur ; Olympia Dukakis ( forth from Her ) as Robert ’s eccentric Aunt Vicky ; and Yul Vazquez ( Magic City , Bloodline ) as Javier Ospina , a member of the Medellin Cartel whose sexual leaning make him both an unpredictable risk and a source of plethora for the cartel . However , out of all these supporting cast members inThe Infiltrator , the one who make to play more than a stock part is Benjamin Bratt as the high - ranking cartel penis Roberto Alcaino : a companion render to be a very spiritual and principled family Isle of Man , despite the outlaw nature of how he makes a support .
The Infiltratoris a stylishly craft and well - acted dramatic thriller , but erupt little new ground despite fascinating subject matter . While the film successfully compresses Mazur ’s experience into a three - act tale , it trust to a great extent on over - used genre figure in club to do so - ensue in a flick that unfolds as a gamey - tension wire base on balls undercut by its formulaic structure . While it does n’t clear the prevention set up for teach drama by Cranston ’s acclaimed TV seriesBreaking Bad , The Infiltratoris a square vehicle for the role player and has like entertainment value ( even with Cranston toy the good guy , this time around ) . For that intellect , The Infiltratoris a worthwhile choice for those moviegoer seeking out a " thrill ride " that ’s very different than the distinctive summertime movie nowadays .
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The Infiltratoris now playing in U.S. theater of operations across the country . It is 127 minutes tenacious and is Rated universal gas constant for strong furiousness , language throughout , some sexual mental object and drug material .
Diane Kruger and Bryan Cranston in The Infiltrator
Diane Kruger and Bryan Cranston in The Infiltrator
Benjamin Bratt in The Infiltrator
