The Mule (2018)

• Year: 2018
• Released: 14 Dec 2018
• Country: United States, Canada
• Adwords: 1 win & 10 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7959026/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_mule
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-mule
• Available in: 720p, 1080p, 720p
• Language: English, Spanish
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
• Runtime: 116 min
• Writer: Nick Schenk, Sam Dolnick
• Director: Clint Eastwood
• Cast: Clint Eastwood, Patrick L. Reyes, Cesar De León
• Keywords: based on true story, based on a true story, mexico, drug cartel, 2000s,

	7.0/10
	58/100
	50% – Audience

The Mule Storyline

2001. Earl Stone is a 73-year-old gardener obsessed with his work as horticulturist and the conventions where he win prizes by his dedication to lilies. Living in Illionis, divorced many years ago of Mary, the relation with her and his estranged daughter Iris worsens after Earl forgets Iris’ wedding by assisting to another convention. His attempt to reconcile with them ends very bad, and Earl turns in a goner for all them. 17 years later, Internet has ruined 90-year-old Earl’s life, his house is notice of eviction and his business is under foreclose. After a tense meeting between him and his family by Ginny’s feast by her incoming wedding, a friend of Ginny closes Earl to offer a new business: move from Texas to Illinois another transporting bags each time more big. Unknown for him, a DEA’s agent recently transferred from Washington DC to Chicago called Colin Bates starts an investigation to dismantle a drug cartel belonging Laton, a Mexican powerful drug boss. With Mexican DEA’s agent Trevino as partner, Bates locates one thug of the cartel named Luis Rocha, blackmailing to work as informer for him. Meanwhile, Earl’s new job starts to give unexpected results: after the veteran center where he meets with his Korean War’s partners is burned by accident, Earl decides use the money to restore him, and secretly helps Ginny to pay her studies. But, unable to be for more time not knowing what he moves, Earl opens a bag in the middle of a travel, discovering the drug. Keeping the secret for everyone, he is invited to Mexico for meeting Laton and approaches Mary and Iris in the hope to be forgiven by the mistakes along his life. Learning much late the true sense of life and family, Earl tries to make good the things, but these complicates in bad terms: Laton is killed by his henchman Gustavo, Mary suddenly gets seriously ill, and Bates and Trevino are noticed about a new drug mail named “Tata” (the way Mexican drug traffickers call Earl) who is moving big amounts of drug. At the same time that Mary’s health worsens and Gustavo despises Earl giving order to kill him, Bates leads an undercover op to catch Tata, in a race against time where Earl’s life never will be the same.

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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.

Just a few extra bucks

The 88 year old Clint Eastwood who apparently has enough wits about him to keep a driver’s license decides at the suggestion of a guest at his daughter’s wedding to do some driving for friends who will pay him well, very well. It’s only after a few trips that retired horticulturalist Eastwood realizes its drugs he’s hauling and he’s making too much money now to quit. In fact he’s pulled himself out of some serious debt and bequeathing gifts all around.

Being the devil’s advocate you got to say that drug dealers are ingenious in terms of finding new methods of smuggling. Who would expect a super senior citizen who is a few years would probably have his license lifted to be a drug mule. I say that because two of my uncles at Eastwood’s age had their driver’s licenses lifted by the State of New York. But while they were still driving no drug cop or any other kind would have given him a second look.

Which what happens to DEA agent Bradley Cooper and other law enforcement when they come across Eastwood. But the wiretaps that the DEA has gives them chatter about someone who is becoming legendary for the weight he is delivering.

The Mule is a bittersweet picture about old age and Clint Eastwood drew a lot from his own life and others to give us this portrayal. I should also single out Dianne Wiest who plays his estranged ex-wife and mother of his daughter who loves him, but can’t stand his irresponsible ways.

What I love about this film is that we leave Eastwood doing exactly what he was doing as the film opened only in a different location. And he has a degree of security he never had before.

Watch the film to see what I’m talking about. God willing Clint may be acting and directing himself in his 90s.

Something different

THE MULE is another directorial effort from Clint Eastwood, who comes out of retirement in a perfect bit of self-casting as the lead role. This is a true story about an average aged pensioner, happily involved in horticulture, who unbelievably becomes a major drug mule for a Mexican cartel. It’s quirky and entertaining stuff, shot through with heart and sentiment thanks to the realistic and well-developed lead characters. Eastwood is having a ball in the lead role and offers something we haven’t seen from him before: parrot-voiced, curmudgeonly and stubborn, but with a real innocence too. This makes a good companion piece with Redford’s THE OLD MAN & THE GUN but has the edge on that one.