The Mule (2018) Director: Clint Eastwood

otnomart

"A 90-year-old horticulturist and WWII veteran is caught transporting $3 million worth of cocaine through Michigan for a Mexican drug cartel."
I am really looking forward to this, finally not a remake or a sequel or a reboot.
Out on 25 January 2019 (UK)

Gamb!t

otnomart wrote: »

"A 90-year-old horticulturist and WWII veteran is caught transporting $3 million worth of cocaine through Michigan for a Mexican drug cartel."
I am really looking forward to this, finally not a remake or a sequel or a reboot.
Out on 25 January 2019 (UK)

His last movie wasnt great but hoping he returns to form with this one.

TooOldBoots

Haven't been to the cinema in a while but I am looking forward to this one. Hopefully it'll be as good as Gran Torino and Million Dollar baby, they were exceptional movies

bnt

This looks like a very personal project from Clint - for example, the line about putting work over family, and casting his daughter Alison Eastwood in the film as his character's daughter.

Harry Palmr

This film has very quietly gone about it's business, no one's talking about it but it's a moderate sized film that's just going past the 100m mark having not opened outside the US/Canada.

Luckycharms_74

Really looking forward to seeing this one. The trailer looks good

Tony EH

Clint has been hit and miss in the last few years, especially with 'American Sniper' which was absolute dreck. But, this looks pretty good.

Shred

Yeah I really like the look of this based on the trailer, I'm a huge Clint fan since I was a kid thanks to my Dad but terms of his last couple of acting roles I didn't really get the hype for Gran Torino (I must watch it again in fairness) and didn't bother with 'Trouble with the Curve' tbh.

restive

Saw this tonight. Worth a watch. Slow burn. But I enjoyed it. Clint looks his age though.

NIMAN

I notice it says "based loosely on a true story", so I guess more artistic licence than usual has been employed?

JoeA3

I saw this lastnight too. It was just OK. I think if it wasn’t for the presence of Clint, it would almost certainly be daytime TV, straight to video fare. There’s nothing taxing here, a very straightforward story. Bradley Cooper phones his performance in, nothing too taxing for him playing the main DEA agent. I’m sure his scenes didn’t take more than a couple of days to do. His sidekick Michael Pena plays pretty much the same role he has in the latest series of Narcos on Netflix.

Saddened me a bit to see the iconic Clint Eastwood look so old... well he is 89 I guess!

otnomart

Seen it today,
was disappointed,
thought that none of the characters had any real depth,
movie did not know what to be: comedy like Saving Grace, or drama about consequences of putting work over family.

branie2

I'm going to see it on Friday

branie2

I saw it this evening, and I thought it was very good. Clint Eastwood did a great job directing and starring in it.

ronano

branie2 wrote: »

I saw it this evening, and I thought it was very good. Clint Eastwood did a great job directing and starring in it.

Given the reviews I expected it to be eh, I enjoy Clint's director work and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Bacchus

otnomart wrote: »

movie did not know what to be: comedy like Saving Grace, or drama about consequences of putting work over family.

Totally agree with this view. It was a decent movie and Clint is always great to watch but the tone of the movie kept shifting from light-comedy, introspective study, dark-comedy, family drama, and teasing at being a bit of a drug cartel thriller. I'd enjoyed it but I'd probably have preferred if it just figured out what it wanted to be and went with that. I mean, for instance the visit to the drug boss was just so random, felt forced and was out of place.

branie2

Very tense at times as well

Bacchus

branie2 wrote: »

Very tense at times as well

Was it though? I kept expecting it to get tense but it never happened, it kept switching back to something light or family drama focused. I think it very briefly flirted with turning into a tense movie a couple of times but it never landed even remotely. Clint's character was too aloof for it to ever become tense.

MillField

Saw this last night. I agree with some comments here that the some characters lack depth, but I still enjoyed it. I hope this isn't the last we see of Clint Eastwood.