Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Triple Frontier
2019
**½
Director: J.C. Chandor
Cast: Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, Pedro Pascal, Adria Arjona, Sheila Vand

Five Delta Force veterans reunite for a lucrative mission in the South American jungle. They plan to break into a cartel hideaway, kill the drug lord, and steal his millions. Everything goes smoothly, until the sight of all the money turns these seasoned professionals into greedy idiots. This entertaining but derivative military heist movie was co-scripted by Mark Boal, the Academy Award winning writer of The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty. Boal adds credibility to the military details, but do not attempt to find the depth of his previous work in this escapist drama. Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods (2020) tells a similar story with comparable success.