Underplayed Gems

The Infiltrator (2016)

The Infiltrator poster
Directed by
Brad Furman
Genre
drama film, crime film, biographical film, thriller film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
2h 07m
Rated
R
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 1,829 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A U.S. Customs agent goes undercover in the 1980s to infiltrate Pablo Escobar's money laundering network. He poses as a corrupt businessman while juggling the dangers of his double life.

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What happens

The Infiltrator is a 2016 biographical crime drama thriller film directed by Brad Furman and written by his mother Ellen Brown Furman. The film is based on the eponymous autobiography by Robert Mazur, a United States Customs Service Special Agent, who in the 1980s helped bust Pablo Escobar's money-laundering organization by going undercover as a corrupt businessman. The film stars Bryan Cranston as Mazur, with Diane Kruger, Benjamin Bratt, John Leguizamo, Saïd Taghmaoui, Joe Gilgun and Amy Ryan in supporting roles. Filming began on February 23, 2015, in London. Both Mazur and Cranston received executive producer credits. The film premiered at the Tampa Theatre on July 6, 2016, and was released the following week in theaters. The film received a generally positive response from critics, but performed poorly at the box office, grossing $22 million against a budget of $28–$47 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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