3.5/5
Triple Frontier is one of the latest big-budget films from Netflix, boasting a stellar cast and high production quality which is becoming increasingly common among its productions.
The movie tells the story of five former special forces operatives, who have little to show for their years of service, reuniting for their first mission to serve their own terms and not their country. They launch a heist on an infamous drug lord who recluses in a stronghold with his bountiful life earnings in the South American jungle. The mission and its consequences lead our anti-heroes to commit actions that are illegal for the first time in their lives and force them to question their justifications.
The aforementioned cast, headlining Oscar Isaac, Ben Affleck, Charlie Hunnam, Pedro Pascal and Garret Hedlund, lead the film with assured quality and form a highlight of the feature. Their characters interact convincingly and are given enough back story to care for them as proceedings get tense despite their actions being morally questionable. It is this exact theme that Triple Frontier explores well. How far will honest men go to rationalise committing morally onerous actions? How much will greed take over them?
The film loses its wheels after the heist and starts to delve into the proceedings that follow. The moments of grit and tension that were so well executed in the first half of the film are sparsely replicated in the second. The pacing feels considerably slower, and the final act leaves a lingering feeling of dissatisfaction with the delivery of an exciting premise.
All in all, there is a lot of enjoyment to be had with Triple Frontier; however, the screenwriters seemed to be unsure how to progress the plot throughout its duration. It is this meandering in pacing that mitigates the lasting impact of Triple Frontier’s more thrilling moments.
Written by Hugo
Hughes Reviews 