Triple Frontier (2019)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2019
	Director: J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year)
	Actors: Ben Affleck (Batman V Superman, The Town, Paycheck), Oscar Isaac (Star Wars 7-9), Charlie Hunnam (Pacific Rim), Pedro Pascal (Narcos TV-series)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Thriller
	Conditions of visioning: 23.08.2019, VOD, 10" tablet screen.
Synopsis: Loyalties are tested when five friends and former special forces operatives reunite to take down a South American drug lord, unleashing a chain of unintended consequences.
Review: Netflix has put a nice cast together for this movie. Something like The Expendables but with current trendy and beloved actors instead of 80's Action former legends. You can really appreciate the talent of those five guys and in fact nobody else appears for a noticeable amount of time. Their talent saved a movie with an otherwise weak screenplay. Their acting makes you forget about the gaps in the story and weird timing. Except for the scene where those men we have been presented and shown as ultra-professionals neglect basic rules. They are also shown to keep their cool in the whole rest of the movie. At the same time, the unusual story is quite welcome in the modern predictable cinematographic landscape. You brace yourself for the Drama bound to happen in the second act, but it doesn't go the way you would think. That is the kind of risk Netflix takes and it sometimes pays of (not like with Bright). Another great thing about this movie are the landscapes, on both sides and over the South American Andes. They are naturally beautiful and are adequately shot. The journey of those friends through Nature reminds me of Deliverance (also for the way death is depicted), while the mountain crossing could be a nod to Fitzcarraldo (although I have not seen it yet). So I liked it in spite of the weird pace.
Rating: 6 /10