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The Mule

  • 20182018
  • K-12K-12
  • 1h 56m
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Clint Eastwood in The Mule (2018)
Earl Stone is a man in his 80s who is 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 DEA agent Colin Bates. 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 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.

IMDb RATING
7.0/10
141K
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POPULARITY
861
845
    • Clint Eastwood
    • Nick Schenk
    • Sam Dolnick(inspired by the New York Times Magazine Article "The Sinaloa Cartel's 90-Year Old Drug Mule" by)
  • Stars
    • Clint Eastwood
    • Patrick L. Reyes
    • Cesar De León
    • Clint Eastwood
    • Nick Schenk
    • Sam Dolnick(inspired by the New York Times Magazine Article "The Sinaloa Cartel's 90-Year Old Drug Mule" by)
  • Stars
    • Clint Eastwood
    • Patrick L. Reyes
    • Cesar De León
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    • 826User reviews
    • 257Critic reviews
    • 58Metascore
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    Clint Eastwood
    Clint Eastwood
    • Earl Stone
    Patrick L. Reyes
    Patrick L. Reyes
    • Farmhand #3
    Cesar De León
    Cesar De León
    • Jose
    Gustavo Muñoz
    • Farmhand #2
    Jackie Prucha
    • Helen
    Richard Herd
    Richard Herd
    • Tim Kennedy
    Adam Drescher
    Adam Drescher
    • Computer Daylily Guy
    Christi McClintock
    • Daylily Fan
    Keith Flippen
    Keith Flippen
    • MC
    Alison Eastwood
    Alison Eastwood
    • Iris
    Kinsley Isla Dillon
    Kinsley Isla Dillon
    • Younger Ginny
    Dianne Wiest
    Dianne Wiest
    • Mary
    Joe Knezevich
    Joe Knezevich
    • Dave
    Megan Leahy
    Megan Leahy
    • Bartender
    Taissa Farmiga
    Taissa Farmiga
    • Ginny
    Austin Freeman
    Austin Freeman
    • Mike
    Victor Rasuk
    Victor Rasuk
    • Rico
    Robert LaSardo
    Robert LaSardo
    • Emilio
      • Clint Eastwood
      • Nick Schenk
      • Sam Dolnick(inspired by the New York Times Magazine Article "The Sinaloa Cartel's 90-Year Old Drug Mule" by)
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    Clint Eastwood: Actor, Director ... Master Impressionist?

    Clint Eastwood: Actor, Director ... Master Impressionist?

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    • Trivia
      This movie was based on The New York Times article "The Sinaloa Cartel's 90-Year-Old Drug Mule" by Sam Dolnick, which recounts and was inspired by the true story of Leo Sharp, a World War II veteran in his eighties, who became the world's oldest and most prolific drug mule for the Sinaloa Cartel. in this movie, however, this was changed to him being a Korean War vet, so the story could be set in 2017.
    • Goofs
      During Earl's first trip as a mule, in an overhead shot, you can see the traffic headlights in the background where the production crew had stopped highway traffic to shoot the scene.
    • Quotes

      Mary: You were the love of my life, and the pain of my life. And I need you to know, it's all the world to me that you're here.

      [moaning]

      Earl Stone: I love you Mary.

      Mary: More today than yesterday.

      Earl Stone: But not as much as tomorrow.

    • Connections
      Featured in OWV Updates: Multimedia Update (12/11/2018) (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Siento Que Ya No Estas
      Written and Performed by Arturo Sandoval

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    9/10
    Clint Eastwood's still got it
    I had never heard of Leo Sharp before watching "The Mule". What a story. Clint Eastwood (who also directed) plays a fictionalized version of Sharp, smuggling drugs for a cartel partly because it enables him to spend the money benevolently. These moral conundrums arise a lot.

    It was a little weird in some scenes, seeing Eastwood surrounded by women a fraction of his age; probably wishful thinking on his part. Even so, the movie shows how the old man got more and more into the business, resulting in some tense incidents. In addition to Eastwood, there's good support from Laurence Fishburne, Bradley Cooper, Dianne Wiest, Andy Garcia and Taissa Farmiga.
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    • Release date
      • January 11, 2019 (Finland)
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    • Filming locations
      • Shaw's Sunshine Gardens - 3096 Lumpkin Park Drive, Augusta, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Imperative Entertainment
      • Bron Creative
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    • 1 hour 56 minutes
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