A good movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but the story did sound intriguing and since I have a weak spot for Bryan Cranston, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it was definitely a strong story and the movie itself was decent enough but, to be honest, not much more than that. The first issue was probably that, these last few years, I have seen so many movies and TV-shows dealing with the Medellín cartel. Above all, after watching ‘Narcos’, it might seem to be an impossible task for a movie to be as thorough and comprehensive as the Netflix’s masterful TV-show, especially with only 2 hours of running time. In this case, Brad Furman chose a realistic approach and managed to display all the major milestones happening during this cover-up operation but, sometimes, I got slightly lost in the technicality of this operation. Above all, I think they failed to show 2 important aspects in this story. First of all, there was the fact that Robert Mazur managed to infiltrate the highest levels of the Medellín cartel with the very few resources provided by the law enforcement (for example, Mazur apparently paid for the expensive suits out of his own pocket). Another point that was barely scratched by this movie was the fact that, for 2 long years, Mazur had to live 2 different complete lives and that he constantly had to switch between being Robert Mazur, a mild-mannered family man with 2 kids, and being Bob Musella, a rather flamboyant money launderer working for the Columbian drug mob. I guess that’s the tricky thing with a feature length movie, the fact there is basically no time to further develop such interesting elements. The fact that everything happening was actually rather predictable didn't help either. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a very interesting tale with a solid performance by Bryan Cranston and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.