Barry Childress

Terrible movie. Unbelievable characters and poor acting. Anne Heche was painful to watch.

Did I say jaw dropping awful! That’s what it was for me.

Grabbed me and kept me from beginning until the end. Overkilling was not an overkill for this movie.

Absurd plot and poor acting but good special effects. Once I started had to finish, but that’s me not the movie.

I liked this movie because I have enjoyed Eastwood over many years. Seeing him aging in this movie brought some sadness and self reflection. Some people reacted to his political incorrectness as a negative (as an aside I think PC strangles us as a nation). Eastwood’s behavior rather than his words are kind and caring. I think “Mule” had two meanings: the drug carrier and the “stubborn as”. I wondered how he could work for the cartels even for generous purposes. I think he pled guilty, perhaps unnecessarily in our modern courts, because he clearly realized that he was guilty of crimes and not just a Robin Hood doing good.

? Spoiler alert: Intensely absorbing. Difficult to follow but evocative. Have to have a tolerance for blood and murder mostly off screen. Leaves one thinking and open too much discussion. Perhaps a spoiler but just my impression. My immediate thought at ending was the trauma of battle and child abuse can both be handled by denial—you have were never really there. Soldier and girl are no longer seen at the table at at the end after saying “It’s a beautiful day”. Deserves a second watch.