The Mule (2018)

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	Year of first release: 2018
	Director: Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino, Space Cowboys)
	Actors: Clint Eastwood (Two Mules for Sister Sara, Dirty Harry, Gran Torino), Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix 1-3), Bradley Cooper (The Hangover 1-3, The A-team), Michael Peña (Ant-Man 1-2, Extinction)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Drama, Thriller
	Conditions of visioning: 20.06.2019, in-flight entertainment, 10" tablet screen.
Synopsis: A 90-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran (Eastwood) turns drug mule for a Mexican cartel.
Review: In a nutshell: well directed and acted by Clint Eastwood as usual, but for me contains too many clichés and is far too predictable. This is not the Clint Eastwood of Gran Torino. But he keeps on exploring stories in which he can still act at almost 90 years-old. The true story on which the movie is based is probably intriguing and I can understand one would want to adapt it for the cinema. And the reactions of the main character are quite human and realistic (well we are not in a SF movie but an Earth-based drama), both in how he treats people and himself. In the list of clichés the worst may be the FBI boss (Fishburne) pushing his new employee (Cooper) to get results and busts. In the end, OK to watch.
Rating: 5 /10