The Infiltrator (2016)
Rated R
Starring Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo, Juliet Aubrey, Diane Kruger, Benjamin Bratt,
Directed by Brad Furman
The Story:
Robert Mazur (Cranston) is a Customs agent who goes deep undercover to find the bigger fish that are bringing drugs into America. The more he meets with Roberto Alcaino (Bratt) the closer they become as friends. Is Mazur going to be able to make the arrests when the time comes, or is he going to go too deep undercover?
There's a lot of story to cram into a 2 hour drama, but for the most part, the entire cast and crew manage to pull it off without too many loose end/plot holes that make you forget you're watching a movie.
Cranston continues to be the best part of any movie that he's in.
Maybe one of these years I'll get around to watching Breaking Bad, but for now I'll just keep enjoying his roles in films.
The movie does a nice job of trying to show how Mazur had to balance his work life and his home life, and how one small slip of the tongue (I'm engaged...) or taking his real wife out on the town, he would have to think fast to get himself out of these jams.
The rest of the cast matches Cranston's energy in scene for scene, especially Leguizamo as his partner where they both sometimes fear that the other may have gone over to the other side during their investigation.
The biggest complaint I've seen about this movie is that Narcos did it better.
Well, I would hope a continuing series would do a better job of telling a richer story than a 2 hour movie.
Since I haven't had a chance to watch Narcos yet, at least they've set the bar high for it.
I'll try that one in the future, either before or after Breaking Bad.
:)
Final Grade: Solid B
