A ninety-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran turns drug mule for a Mexican cartel.A ninety-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran turns drug mule for a Mexican cartel.A ninety-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran turns drug mule for a Mexican cartel.A ninety-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran turns drug mule for a Mexican cartel.A ninety-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran turns drug mule for a Mexican cartel.
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Clint Eastwood: Actor, Director ... Master Impressionist?
Clint Eastwood: Actor, Director ... Master Impressionist?
Clint Eastwood does it all in The Mule ... including keeping his cast rolling with a killer impression of a classic cartoon character. And yes, we have proof.
Clint Eastwood stars as Earl Stone, a man who is ninety years old, broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does well, so well, in fact, that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl is assigned a handler. But he isn't the only one keeping tabs on Earl. The mysterious new drug mule has also hit the radar of hard-charging D.E.A. Agent Colin Bates (Bradley Cooper). And even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl's past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it's uncertain if he'll have time to right those wrongs before law enforcement, or the cartel's enforcers, catch up to him.
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A marketing campaign coming in at the 12th hour and a film that's still been surprisingly hidden by Warner Bros, The Mule could be a fitting end to a storied Hollywood career from Clint Eastwood. In many ways mirroring his life, The Mule gives insight into Eastwood's inner psyche, as he has navigated being an in demand actor for over 60 years whilst having a large family to look after as well. So if you're looking at the film in that way, it's a sharp and poignant apology Eastwood is sending to his family after all these years. It's not a perfect film, but it's tightly directed, at times brilliantly intense, and even emotionally moving. Even if it is a ultimately predictable and unsurprising drama. If it is Eastwood's last hoorah, it's been one hell of a run.
7.7/10
7.7/10
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- Dec 27, 2018
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