The Mule

Eastwood stars as Earl Stone, a man in his 80's who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does well – so well, in fact, that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl is assigned a handler. But he isn't the only one keeping tabs on Earl; the mysterious new drug mule has also hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates. And even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl's past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it's uncertain if he'll have time to right those wrongs before law enforcement, or the cartel's enforcers, catch up to him.

Critic Reviews:

• " I think that there's a sweetness to some of the film… There is a certain self-criticism built into the role as it goes along. " – Peter Rainer

• " I was entertained up to a point. " – Mark Kermode

• " It's perfectly watchable but a film with this puttering pace is never going to get the blood racing. " – Wendy Ide