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The Infiltrator
18 (MALAYSIA)
2016
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The Infiltrator
Positive Reviews
96
Negative reviews
15
Average Rating
3.2
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2.5
With this ersatz sting flick, made something so amateurish and baffling that it comes around to being memorable.
Av Club
1.5
In between a smorgasbord of debauched 80s opulence we witness a man pushed to unnerving psychological limits, thanks to Cranstons trademark craggy per ..
Den Of Geek
3.2
Nevertheless, Furman manages to enliven the material with a handful of tense sequences.
Indie Wire
3.0
The Infiltrator gets by on a stellar lead performance by Bryan Cranston, along with strong support from the cast around him.
We Got This Covered
2.5
Despite its overly familiar ring and lack of genuine suspense, there are nice touches that can be found throughout The Infiltrator.
Austin Chronicle
4.5
Like the NIYA activists, its heart may be bigger than its head sometimes, but thats not the worlds biggest sin.
Austin Chronicle
1.5
The Infiltrator is an intriguing suspense film thats greatly bolstered by Cranstons nuanced performance as Mazur and a deft turn by John Leguizamo as ..
Austin Chronicle
3.0
Youve seen it all before, and even though this is a true story of a heroic fed (Robert Mazur), you cant help but expect the usual bloody retribution a ..
Time Out
2.5
Mazurs inner battle and his growing sympathy for Roberto arent exactly surprising plot twists for an undercover agent thriller.
Screen Daily
1.5
It doesnt seem apparent that anyone involved has any affixed idea to what any of these characters are thinking or feeling in almost every situation.
Collider
1.5
In fact, theres a shocking lack of tension for a film that features cartels, gangsters, double identities, and a constant rock n roll soundtrack thats ..
Collider
3.0
The script rarely misses an opportunity for a glib joke relevant to the situation.
Paste Magazine
3.1
And yet, the film as a whole just never quite overcomes the inherent familiarity of its premise to become its own unique thing.
Rogerebert
2.9
The Infiltrator has some great moments, many of which are early on in the proceedings... By the time the climax does occur, most of the good will the ..
IGN
2.5
Moreso, it offers a refreshing reprieve from the dull commonality of the rest of the film.
The Young Folks
1.5
In the end, maybe thats all we can hope for, but ultimately the courageous true story behind The Infiltrator deserves much more than the coat of beige ..
The Young Folks
3.0
To be sure, The Infiltrator has some great moments of tension and suspense.
Cinema Blend
3.5
Even with its faults you can trust the The Infiltrator to leave with a decent buzz.
Ny Daily News
3.0
The Infiltrator is a stylishly crafted and well acted dramatic thriller, but breaks little new ground despite fascinating subject matter.
Screen Rant
3.1
Its trailer whips up a high drama fuss, and damn it if it doesnt have Bryan Cranston as its face its mustachioed and leftover Donnie Brasco sunglasses ..
The Globe And Mail
3.1
Bryan Cranston stars as undercover U.S. Customs agent Robert Mazur and John Leguizamo as his partner Emir Abreu in THE INFILTRATOR.Its hard not to thi ..
Philly
3.5
But like Furmans Lincoln Lawyer, this is a solidly entertaining piece of pulp done up in flashy fashion.
One Guys Opinion
2.5
Over the top moments stop the picture in its tracks, here and there.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.5
In the end, the script shows no balls and takes the easy way out by letting the usual drug thriller cliches rule the day.
Sover
2.2
It presents a true life tale that offers fascinating characters and heated showdowns, yet director Brad Furman doesnt quite know if he wants the pictu ..
Blu Ray
4.0
Adapted from a memoir by U.S. customs agent Robert Mazur, this well written drug thriller dramatizes an undercover operation that targeted the Medelli ..
Chicago Reader
2.5
Whats missing is a sense of purpose beyond presenting the eventsa reason that this story is worth telling beyond the mere fact of the telling.
Mark Reviews Movies
4.0
But, holy Columbian marching powder, youll be hard pressed to find a more adrenaline soaked, palpitation inducing, stress ride at the cinema all year.
The Times
3.5
Cranston plays Mazur, a veteran undercover agent in 1985 Tampa who gets paired with a somewhat reckless agent, Emir Abreu (John Leguizamo), who sugges ..
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
But its all so familiar from other movies that it comes as a bit of a surprise to find that the story it tells is pretty close to what actually happen ..
News Review
3.0
Vicarious fans of the labyrinthine cat and mouse of drug cartels will enjoy this very tense, 1980s set thriller based on US Customs agent Bob Mazurs f ..
Radio Times
2.5
Its a solid effort but its missing the electricity and spark that a Scorsese or Paul Thomas Anderson would have injected into the material. (Full Cont ..
Screen It
3.1
Cranston changes his character from regular Joe to raging psycho and you believe it utterly. Hes extraordinary. Too bad the movie settles for being sa ..
Rolling Stone
3.0
At times, The Infiltrator feels like a movie weve seen before, but deft performances and Furmans sharp sense of the era transform it into an engrossin ..
The Wrap
3.5
But on its own limited terms, The Infiltrator, like its hero, delivers the goods.
Cs Monitor
1.5
While too often straining credibility or comprehension, the story wends its way toward a predictable if not entirely credible end.
Film Journal
3.0
And for all its gung ho energy, theres a cluttered quality to the plotting which means that it doesnt flow as satisfyingly as it should.
The Guardian
3.5
But it works for the characters and the film.A slip up in a strip bar leads to the creation of a fiancee for Musella Kathy Ertz (Diane Kruger).
Az Central
3.5
Director Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) delivers on suspense and intrigue, but he doesnt mess with genre conventions.
Npr
2.5
You couldnt ask for a better starter kit for edge of the seat excitement.
Star Tribune
3.8
The story in The Infiltrator is one of those that would be hard to believe if it werent true, and the film takes minimal license (by Hollywoods standa ..
Q Network
3.0
Also, director Brad Furman is a little too intent on giving us a history lesson about Reagan era America.
Daily Mail
3.8
The result is a solid (if occasionally uneven) 80s drug thriller, elevated by a multilayered and brilliant performance from Cranston.
Ew
3.0
And director Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) is quite good at lulling us with a character study then delivering a sharp jab, a violent twist or shock ..
Flim List
3.5
Conclusion Overall, The Infiltrator is a tense, entertaining, mostly enjoyable couple hours at the movies.
Film Inquiry
3.0
Often gripping, and elevated by Cranstons superb central performance.
Empire
3.0
The acting is good, and the story is well told, but this film is more serviceable than extraordinary.
Common Sense Media
3.8
Another actor doing the same might seem like a cool customer, but Cranston gives us more than the surface.
Sf Gate
3.5
This is a summer movie for grownups, the kind that reminds you how gratifying it can be to sit down uninterrupted and watch actors work on the big scr ..
Time
2.0
If American Hustle is a Martin Scorsese movie directed by David O. Russell (and all the more fun for it), The Infiltrator is a Martin Scorsese film di ..
Boston Herald
1.3
Its clunky incidents of exposition leave us with no real understanding of what anyone is thinking or feeling.
Slant Magazine
2.5
If the movie isnt always gripping, its nevertheless a worthwhile examination of the intricacies of undercover life.
Washington Post
3.5
The Infiltrator has some of the ingredients of a Hollywood epic in the mode of The Godfather films but lacks their overarching historical vision.
The New York Times
2.2
This is a bum hit of a film.Just watch Cocaine Cowboys again instead.
The Film Stage
3.8
Yet when good actors play the material for honest tension, a miracle: You buy it.
Chicago Tribune
3.1
Cranston balances the karmic ledger with the true crime drama The Infiltrator, this time playing someone doggedly determined to not only resist corrup ..
Boston Globe
2.8
The Infiltrator is a gritty, fascinating tale of one mans ingenious resolve, but it is difficult to see the whole machine through its many moving piec ..
Reeling Reviews
3.0
As with last years Black Mass, this is an engaging saga but one that arrives after other genre films say Scorseses The Departed have walked the same b ..
The Irish Times
2.5
Has an undercover agent in a movie ever gotten in just deep enough
Las Vegas Weekly
3.8
The Ridley Scott epic was sliced and diced for theatrical distribution but the restored directors cut is a masterpiece.
ReelViews
3.0
Them Twos Am I a Good Man and Leonard Cohens Everybody Knows chime thrillingly with the action.
Standard
4.0
Even better is that the bittersweet conclusion is far from being a typical Hollywood Ending.
Tony Medley
4.0
But Cranston doesnt try to explain or psychoanalyze Mazurs decision to stay in the game and kick it up a notch.
Los Angeles Times
3.8
Still, it does feel like in some ways the directors latest could have delivered even more of a punch.
Movie Freak
4.0
The power of Cranstons performance is that he captures the deep anguish that deep cover can bring.
Variety
3.1
Instead, The Infiltrator is competent but just not that interesting, and the late in the picture long Steadicam shot nodding to Scorsese and DePalma s ..
Groucho Reviews
3.8
If anything, The Infiltrator could have gone even deeper with this idea.
Aisle Seat
4.0
Then youll be wanting to track down the compelling real life crime drama The Infiltrator.
Herald Sun
3.5
If all of this stuff seems pretty by the books for a drug drama, well, it is.But what elevates Furmans (sort of) true life tale above the genres clich ..
Consequence Of Sound
1.9
Far more problematic, however, is Brian Koppelman and David Leviens aggressively run of the mill screenplay, as the scripters place a continuous empha ..
Reel Film
3.1
In the end, The Infiltrator is as much of a poser as its hero. It wants to be a darker, edgier, more dangerous kind of film. But all it can really man ..
Nj
3.0
Rarely does the filmmaker linger, and while the hurried approach adds to the sense of chaos and enhances the suspense in parts, at the same time its e ..
Hey U Guys
3.2
It doesnt quite pop, and it doesnt necessarily sizzle, but its intelligent enough to stand beside its comparisons.
The Play List
3.0
Besides Cranston, co stars Benjamin Bratt, Diane Kruger, Amy Ryan and a particularly terrific John Leguizamo juice the film to life, if only for a few ..
Now Toronto
3.5
Beatifully realized and edited, the film offers more than thrills, but it does offer them as well.
Urban Cine File
3.0
The Infiltrator may be fragmented and superficial, but it shines a much needed light on the inner workings of a dark and powerful underworld fueled by ..
Film School Rejects
3.5
The movie works as both the story of an anti crime operation and a drama about one of the people who took great risks to get the job done.
Maki At The Movies
2.5
Unfortunately, as he performs the acting equivalent of triple backflips, Cranston isnt given much of a safety net from the script or direction.
La Weekly
3.8
Grown up entertainment for a silly movie season.The scenery isnt bad, either.
Tamp A Bay
3.8
Bryan Cranston a Best Actor Oscar nominee for Trumbo continues his rewarding post Breaking Bad big screen career with another juicy real life role in ..
New York Post
3.5
These quibbles aside, The Infriltrator remains a very serviceable and stylish thriller and more than justifies its bloated running time with some top ..
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
2.0
The big game prize at the end of the hunt is Pablo Escobar himself, but you cant just take a pot shot at the king youve got to play the long game.
Lw Lies
3.8
Guess the baggy, colorful Miami Vice vibe might come across as too tacky for modern audiences.As the movie progresses toward a staged wedding between ..
Kansas City
4.4
It may be fun to be around all that cash and power, but safety is fleeting.
Ar Kansas Online
3.5
Untold billions are laundered in The Infiltrator, while Pablo Escobars Medellin cartel moves mountains of cocaine into U.S. markets.
Wsj
3.2
Its at moments like these that the Furmans are fortunate to have a strong stable of actors to ride to the rescue.
Patriot Ledger
3.8
1 of 11 View Caption In this image released by Broad Green Pictures, Benjamin Bratt, left, and Bryan Cranston appear in a scene from, The Infiltr This ..
Sltrib
4.8
Its a truly satisfying crime thriller, and not only the best film of the summer, but also one of the best films of the year thus far.
Nyc Movie Guru
2.0
It strives to deliver the painful truths of Sicario, but with none of that films vicious elegance.
Straight
1.0
Then theres the weirdness: a weirdly choppy narrative, a weirdly inconsistent visual palette, and a weird level of speechifying all round.
Sandiego Reader
4.0
One of the nicest surprises among the loud and sometimes mind numbing summer movie season is a new adult drama.
Dead Line
3.5
Cranston deserves better, but Im not hopeful though Im sure hell be great in the Power Rangers movie.
Flavor Wire
3.8
The Infiltrator offers us the usual components in the formulaic undercover movie.
Daily Herald
3.8
The deft performances make The Infiltrator a moderately engrossing tale of undercover life, if not the more riveting character study it could have bee ..
Post Gazette
3.0
So its a surprise that the story fails to exert a truly powerful grip.
What So
3.5
But there is enough tension in Mazurs story that The Infiltrator at least floats on its own as anti blockbuster summer entertainment.
Lainey Gossip
3.5
Its not perfect, but its a perfectly suitable addition to the ever growing genre.
Fresh Fiction
3.5
But The Infiltrator is an ideal summer popcorn pic, if you dont mind a little blood on your kernels.
East Bay Express
2.5
But the film is neither enlightening enough to rivet us nor suspenseful enough to make us care about its elaborate finale.
Seven Day Svt
2.5
The film seems to have forgotten, however, that its still a movie, not a documentary a detrimental misfire that cancels out its own charms.
National Post
3.0
Its a great opening sequence that unfortunately promises a little more than it delivers.
Sky
3.0
The film often feels derivative, and its not just the obligatory meetings in strip clubs.
Winnipeg Free Press
3.0
Drug movies are a fairly formulaic genre. The Infiltrator has it all, but it cant beat the corpse and lye filled bathtub eating through the ceiling co ..
Theepoch Times
2.8
Which brings us back to a hard cold fact that Hollywood has not come to terms with: not every good story deserves a movie.
Reel Talk Online
4.0
Its one of the many superbly performed sequences in The Infiltrator, which is a fine movie from start to finish.
Blog Bullz Eye
3.0
Unfortunately, The Infiltrator is a perfect example of a movie where the performances are stronger than the story itself.
Cairo 360
2.5
Cranston is the best possible actor for the story, of course, having navigated the same terrain in a far more engaging fashion in Bad, but even his qu ..
Am Ny
3.1
But for a two hour take on a complicated sting, it gets the job done.
Heral
2.5
But the whole thing feels so by the numbers that its hard to get too invested in the proceedings.
Free Beacon
4.2
Riddled with cocaine, bullets to the head and Bryan Cranston, The Infiltrator is a delightfully bloody mess splattering the silver screen and an actio ..
Willamette Week
4.5
The Infiltrator manages a difficult task, making a familiar genre engrossing and entertaining because of its terrific script and acting.
Kdhx
2.0
Cranston plays Robert Mazur, a veteran U.S. Customs undercover detective with an uncanny knack for gaining the confidence of bad guys.
Aarp
3.5
The films a solidly crafted procedural thriller boosted by exceptional acting.
Kpbs
3.8
Disciplined and almost insanely brave, he keeps his nerve and moves up the chain of cartel figures.
Seattle Times
3.0
They are supported by a solid ensemble and director Brad Furman manages to use everyone well to create tension and suspense to keep your attention.
Iol Co Za
4.0
It may not be the greatest work of narrative art featuring Bryan Cranston going toe to toe with drug dealers, but The Infiltrator is nonetheless a con ..
Splice Today
2.5
The cast certainly gives it their all, but balanced out it comes across as a good movie but nothing special.
Huffing Ton Post
3.8
This comes to life through another amazing performance by Bryan Cranston.
Fres Nobee
4.0
Overall, The Infiltrator is a smartly constructed, emotionally involving, character driven drama that lifts the lid on a fascinating chapter on Americ ..
Indie London
3.0
Its a good story, and Cranstons performance only draws us further in.
Houston Press
3.8
The stars commanding presence brings clarity to a solid, if occasionally staid story about moral compromise and sacrifice, about how difficult it can ..
M Live
2.5
Furman has a true story and a compelling cast on his side, but his bland direction leaves The Infiltrator struggling to find its own identity and unab ..
All Movie
2.5
If anything, Mazur is too good which is nice for him, if rather dull for the film.
Projected Figures
3.1
The story itself often seems outlandish, and if it werent based on truth, would feel unrealistic and overly contrived.
Freep
3.5
This experience shows in Furmans latest take on the action thriller flick.
Its Just Movies
3.0
Its certainly not as frustratingly disorienting as 2011s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, but neither is it simple Netflix and chill material.
Franks Reel Reviews
3.5
Cranston is powerful but tender, and even soft: a presence that slides up audiences nostrils as smoothly as the finest Colombian powder.
Daily Review
4.0
Well worth it to see this fascinating and fast moving tale of a real life crime saga.
Showbiz 411
3.5
A solid, mid level walk on the seedy side ... when you factor in a terrific even for him lead performance by Bryan Cranston, however, it zooms up the ..
Portland Mercury
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