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Triple Frontier-7/10
Liked it but didn't love it. Thought the performances were really good, and Oscar Isaac is a man crush of mine. As is Affleck. And Pedro Pascal. And they were great. But the story is kinda meh.
4 military guys decide they want to rob and murder a drug lord and cash in on their skills for their own gain, which goes well and is pretty much the setup for the 2nd and 3rd acts.
This is where the movie goes kinda meh. The situations they find themselves in is driven by greed and desperation but other than a few fleeting lines, it's never really focused on. Shit happens but the emotional heft is lacking when they do. Not because of the characters themselves, but maybe because I just wasn't invested in what they were doing.
The ending is pretty unsatisfactory as well. Again, a lack of emphasis on their greed being the biggest reason things didn't go as planned and went south fast is what makes it that way for me. The cast is the saving grace. This is a pretty mediocre heist story that's elevated with a cast that's better than the material they're given.
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