The Mule
2018 · Movie · R · 116 min · ★ 6.9 · 64% critics
An elderly man facing money troubles takes a driving job that seems simple at first, only to become involved with a dangerous criminal operation. As the work grows riskier, pressure builds from both the people employing him and the authorities closing in.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-12-14
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Critic score
- 64/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (5,369 votes)
- Box office
- $174,804,407
- Budget
- $50,000,000
About
You may like this if you want a slower, old-school crime drama with family regret at its center; Not for you if you expect the pace of American Made.
Pros: thoughtful character focus; strong lead performance; family themes | Cons: slow pacing; thin side characters; limited tension
Themes
- mexico
- drug crime
- texas
- drug mule
- based on true story
- old man
- drug cartel
- dea agent
- pickup truck
- small town sheriff
- korean war veteran
- based on magazine, newspaper or article
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Clint Eastwood
as Earl Stone
Bradley Cooper
as Agent Colin Bates
Laurence Fishburne
as Special Agent in Charge
Michael Peña
as Agent Treviño
Dianne Wiest
as Mary
Andy Garcia
as Latón
Ignacio Serricchio
as Julio
Taissa Farmiga
as Ginny
Alison Eastwood
as Iris
Richard Herd
as Tim Kennedy
Directed by Clint Eastwood