The Infiltrator

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The Infiltrator is a crime drama directed by Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer). It has already been released in the United States where it has grossed $15-million so far. The film stars Bryan Cranston, Diane Kruger, Benjamin Bratt, John Leguizamo, Amy Ryan, and Said Taghmaoui.

Based on a true story, federal agent ROBERT “BOB” MAZUR (Bryan Cranston) goes deep undercover to infiltrate Pablo Escobar’s drug trafficking scene plaguing the nation in 1986 by posing as slick, money-laundering businessman Bob Musella. Teamed with impulsive and streetwise fellow agent EMIR ABREU (John Leguizamo) and KATHY ERTZ (Diane Kruger), a rookie undercover agent posing as his fiancé, Mazur befriends Escobar’s top lieutenant ROBERTO ALCAINO (Benjamin Bratt). Navigating a vicious criminal network in which the slightest slip-up could cost him his life, Mazur risks it all building a case that leads to indictments of more than 100 drug lords and the corrupt bankers who cleaned their dirty money, along with the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, one of the largest money-laundering banks in the world.

“The thing that really got to me and made me want to do The Infiltrator is that Bob’s job is to befriend these criminals to the point where they completely trust him,” Cranston says. “He knows their children, he knows a lot about Roberto and Gloria; it’s true, deeply rooted friendship. And then Bob arrests them. So to me The Infiltrator is a story of friendship and betrayal.”

The Infiltrator is rated 14A.