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Mar 12, 2019 · A heist thriller with a star-studded cast and a moral dilemma, but lacking in character development and emotional investment. The film follows a team of former special-ops soldiers who plan to steal $75 million from a drug cartel kingpin in South America.
Mar 6, 2019 · An outstanding cast and ambitious story help Triple Frontier overcome an uneven narrative -- and elevate the end result above a crowded field of grim and gritty heist thrillers. Read Critics...
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Mar 6, 2019 · Triple Frontier review – military vets steal big in solid Netflix action thriller. Machismo and money intersect in a glossy, mostly compelling film about a high-stakes heist in South America,...
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Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 27, 2022. Chandor and Boal’s collaboration on Triple Frontier is the first blemish on their practically pristine resumes; a generic, by-the-numbers...
- It has a cool cast and a gruesome story about greed, but it fails to capitalize on its own premise.
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By Matt Fowler
Updated: Mar 14, 2019 5:30 pm
Posted: Mar 14, 2019 5:28 pm
Triple Frontier is now playing globally on Netflix.
Triple Frontier - which has a rather interesting developmental history that goes back almost a decade and includes names like Kathryn Bigelow, Tom Hanks, and Johnny Depp - is the latest in the streaming service's "A-List Cast Elevates B-List Content" lineup. That's not to say there aren't intriguing and gripping elements to this sneakily sinister soldiers-of-fortune story, but by the time it all wraps up, it really doesn't have anything interesting to say or real message to convey.
Triple Frontier is pretty solid for the first two acts, but then it nobly crumbles in the the final dash when it can't quite figure out who these characters are in a crisis and we're left with a bunch of "heroism" in the guise of "let's try to minimize the damage we've caused as much as possible by maybe not killing so many people from here on out."
Director J. C. Chandor (All is Lost, A Most Violent Year) infuses everything with a pace that's both aware of the urgency at hand and mindful of the gorgeous backdrops. The ingredients are all there (the budget even springs for songs by Metallica, Fleetwood Mac, and CCR) and the chemistry between the actors is such that you instantly buy them as fr...
When you've got an action movie with sweeping exotic locations and a strong-jawed cast (that somehow does not include Mark Wahlberg (though he was attached at one point!), the last thing you want to is to land your ending safely in the middle of the runway - especially when the entire story plays in a sandbox of iffy ethics and grey area morality. ...
Mar 16, 2019 · Triple Frontier review: Netflix gets Ben Affleck’s best work in years - Polygon. Entertainment. Movies. Netflix’s thriller Triple Frontier touts one of Ben Affleck’s most impressive...
Mar 13, 2019 · Triple Frontier: Directed by J.C. Chandor. With Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund. Loyalties are tested when five friends and former special forces operatives reunite to take down a South American drug lord, unleashing a chain of unintended consequences.
