THE INFILTRATOR from BROAD GREEN PICTURES. The film opened on Wednesday July 13, 2016. I saw it at the Downtown Albuquerque 14 cinemas Friday July 15, 2016. The theater had a 3/4 audience full of those who grew up in the 1980's. That included me.
Robert Mazur (Bryan Cranston) goes under
cover with Kathy Ertz (Diane Kruger) and
Emir Abreu (John Leguizamo). Robert just finished his last job as a narcotics agent who could retire with his wife and two kids. He has a decorated career by putting drug criminals in prison. He takes a last job by infiltrating a drug cartel as a fake money laundering banker. His bosses want the top dealer, Pablo Esocbar, but Bob nabs his second-hand man and those beneath him.
I must say, I was on the edge of my seat and loved the return to 1986 and the President era of Ronald Reagan. Bob was almost killed several times as he went deeper and deeper into the drug world. His family is also threatened. This is 1986 and the wave of drugs entering the U.S., from Florida. Nancy Reagan said, "Just Say No." The audience was so into the film that they all "gasped" when Bob's briefcase unhooked and his recorder was exposed in the middle of a banker meeting. (Hah!) Check it out because Bryan Cranston disappears into his role which is based on a true story.
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