Movie Name/Year: The
Mule (2014)
Tagline: It’s
what’s inside that counts.
Genre: Comedy,
Drama, Crime
Length: 102
minutes
Rating: NR
Production Companies:
4Cows, Cherub Films, Screen Australia
Producer: Michele
Bennett, Miranda Colman, Angus Coupland, David Griffiths, Jane Liscombe, Troy
Lum, Bryce Menzies, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell
Director: Tony
Mahony, Angus Sampson
Writer: Leigh
Whannell, Angus Sampson, Jaime Browne
Actors: Hugo
Weaving, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Ewen Leslie, Geoff Morrell, Georgina
Haig, Noni Hazlehurst, John Noble, Nick Farnell, Marney McQueen, Dave Lawson, Chris
Pang
Stunt Doubles: Craig
Brookshaw, Reg Roordink
Blurb from Netflix:
Recruited to smuggle drugs by swallowing condoms full of heroin, a man is
detained at customs and arrested, hoping his stomach can outlast the police.
Selina’s Point of View:
I had a huge amount of trouble getting into this film.
It’s not that the story wasn’t interesting. I’m sure that
someone else would have found it enthralling, but I was just kind of grossed
out for most it.
Although the story was based on truth, I feel like whatever
changes they may have made to the main character made him unrelatable.
Yes, I know he was meant to be a little off, but it was to the extreme that it was actually really distracting. In fact, I didn’t find myself caring about any of the characters.
Yes, I know he was meant to be a little off, but it was to the extreme that it was actually really distracting. In fact, I didn’t find myself caring about any of the characters.
It shouldn’t have been that difficult for me to find at
least one relatable character in a film that was based on real life.
The Mule just
turned out to not be my kind of film.
Cat’s Point of View:
I have to say; this movie was more crime and drama than
comedy. There weren’t enough laughs to balance out the darkness and cringe
factor here. Seriously – this has some The
Human Centipede: First Sequence (2009) level nastiness. I am very thankful
I didn’t try to watch this anywhere around food.
I’m a sucker for accents, so listening to all the Aussie was
interesting – but it wasn’t enough to keep me invested in the movie.
John Noble (Risen,
Elementary, Sleepy Hollow) and Hugo Weaving (The Wolfman, Cloud Atlas, Hacksaw Ridge) were the recognizable
cast members for me. Their roles weren’t outside of anything expected, given
their filmographies to date. They did well, I just didn’t see anything new or
interesting from them.
I have to give a serious nod of respect to Angus Sampson (Insidious, Blinder, Fargo) for the
physical challenges of his lead role here. While I can hope that the production
team made it as pleasant as possible for him, I’m sure that just the thought of
what his character was going through had to be nausea inducing.
I’m a bit disappointed here. The trailer built this up as
something funnier than it ended up being and I was rather looking forward to
watching this. Unfortunately, I ended up being mostly bored while trying not to
throw up. Maybe it’s funnier in Australia?
Needless to say, I’d give this one a pass.
Languages
Speech Available:
English
Subtitles Available:
English
Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score – 86%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score – 70%
Metascore - 57/100
Metacritic User Score – None
IMDB Score – 6.3/10
Trust the Dice: Selina’s Rating – 2/5
Trust the Dice: Cat’s Rating
– 1.5/5
Trust-the-Dice’s
Parental Advisory Rating: R
Movie Trailer:
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