Review of Triple Frontier (2019) by Berik — 31 Jul 2019

If you are done with predictable action movies, this is the movie for you. Mistakes, arrogance and greed are severly punished, and it's refreshing to see in a movie.

Five ex-military guys that are spit out by the US army, and deal with their own issues as well as being disappointed with the little respect towards veterans. One of them devises a way to get rich by killing a druglord, while also stealing his money. And they succeed mostly up to the point of killing the druglord and taking the money. After this though, they get cocky.

Now, in most action movies obstacles are beaten with extreme divine luck, making it quite exciting when a movie actually takes that luck and smacks it in the face of the protagonists. I've seen comments about these military guys being surprised by villagers and that it's not realistic, but that's the effect of years of dumb action movies. No matter how well you are trained, no one is psychic and has eyes in the back of their head. Go watch Lone Survivor, which is a far more realistic view of how military operations can go completely wrong.

It's raw, viceral and refreshing. It's an excellent movie, and I give it an 8/10.