Triple Frontier (2019)
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A group of former U.S. Army Delta Force operators reunite to execute a high-stakes heist against a South American crime lord.
The story
Private military advisor Santiago "Pope" Garcia works in Colombia with local police combating drug cartels. An informant named Yovanna asks for his help to smuggle her and her brother out of the country in exchange for drug lord Gabriel Martin Lorea's whereabouts. Yovanna tells Pope that Lorea lives in a remote house in the jungle with $75 million in cash. Pope travels to Florida to recruit his fellow ex-Delta Force teammates, to seize the money under the pretense of working for the government. Pope manages to convince the team to steal the money for themselves.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After successfully infiltrating a jungle house and discovering $250 million in cash, the team faces a series of escalating dangers. They evade the drug lord's guards and flee, but the journey becomes perilous as they attempt to transport the massive haul across the Andes Mountains. Following a helicopter crash on a cocaine farm and a subsequent shootout with local farmers, the team must navigate treacherous terrain and evade the drug lord's remaining men. After a final, intense chase and a series of shootouts, the survivors reach a getaway boat. The team eventually settles the loot, and Pope prepares to find Yovanna in Australia.
- First release year
- 2019
- Runtime (minutes)
- 125
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- J. C. Chandor
- Writers
- Mark Boal · screenplay; J. C. Chandor · screenplay; Mark Boal · story
- Cast and characters
- Ben Affleck · Tom "Redfly" Davis; Oscar Isaac · Santiago "Pope" Garcia; Charlie Hunnam · William "Ironhead" Miller; Garrett Hedlund · Benjamin "Ben / Benny" Miller; Pedro Pascal · Francisco "Catfish" Morales; Adria Arjona · Yovanna
- Genres
- action; adventure
- Themes
- greed; loyalty
- Tone and mood
- action; tense
- Setting
- South America (specifically Colombia and the Andes Mountains)
- Premise and plot tags
- heist; military; drug cartel
- Reception
- The film received generally favorable reviews from critics.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 61 · scale: 100 · review count: 26
- Production trivia
- The film was originally titled Sleeping Dogs.; The title refers to the Tres Fronteras area of South America.
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