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Killing Escobar

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In 1989, Scottish mercenary and ex-SAS operative, Peter McAleese, was hired by a Colombian drug cartel to lead a small team of ex-special forces commandos on a mission to assassinate the world's biggest drug baron, Pablo Escobar. With heart stopping drama reconstruction, access to never-before-seen footage of the mission and first-person accounts from both the mercenaries and the cartel, Killing Escobar is a documentary thriller that reveals how one man's violent upbringing in Glasgow, training in the SAS and experience as a mercenary in Africa led him to the jungles of Colombia and the heart of the Medellín cocaine empire. At 78 years old and returning to the Catholic faith of his youth, McAleese reflects on one of the most ambitious and perilous assignments of his career; the one that pushed him closer to death than any other, a mission to kill the most feared man in the world, Pablo Escobar.

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Anita Singh Daily Telegraph (UK) 07/20/2021
4/5
McAleese was the heart of the film, and we were not invited to admire him - although we were asked to understand him. Go to Full Review Carol Midgley The Times (UK) 07/20/2021
4/5
The only times he seemed close to faltering was when his father was mentioned; right there you saw the legacy of toxic parenting, man handing on misery to man. Go to Full Review Andrew Pulver Guardian 03/18/2021
3/5
McAleese and Tomkins relate the story of their mission efficiently enough. Go to Full Review Alison Rowat The Herald (Scotland) 05/17/2021
At first it is hard to get a handle on both McAleese and the film in general... The longer the piece goes on, however, more layers of the story are peeled back and a more complex and nuanced film emerges. Go to Full Review Musanna Ahmed Film Inquiry 05/15/2021
Killing Escobar will be appreciated because, luckily, there's still plenty of appetite for analysing every pixel of the bigger Pablo Escobar picture. In actuality, this documentary merely feels like a Narcos bonus feature. Go to Full Review Edward Porter Sunday Times (UK) 03/15/2021
3/5
An inconsequential story, but it has beefy realism. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Bahad j 08/07/2024 In my opinion, the movie uses very good camera and audio visual equipment and the crew members and the filmmakers have played their roles very well. I really liked it. See more Munkhchimeg T 08/02/2024 Highly recommended. Liked the whole astory and ending See more Geke g 07/28/2024 The great evidence for pablo was real lord!!! Splendid. See more Read all reviews
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David Whitney

Director

Peter McAleese

Actor

David Whitney

Producer

Alan Clements

Producer

Mick McAvoy

Producer

Nick Taussig

Producer

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Synopsis In 1989, Scottish mercenary and ex-SAS operative, Peter McAleese, was hired by a Colombian drug cartel to lead a small team of ex-special forces commandos on a mission to assassinate the world's biggest drug baron, Pablo Escobar. With heart stopping drama reconstruction, access to never-before-seen footage of the mission and first-person accounts from both the mercenaries and the cartel, Killing Escobar is a documentary thriller that reveals how one man's violent upbringing in Glasgow, training in the SAS and experience as a mercenary in Africa led him to the jungles of Colombia and the heart of the Medellín cocaine empire. At 78 years old and returning to the Catholic faith of his youth, McAleese reflects on one of the most ambitious and perilous assignments of his career; the one that pushed him closer to death than any other, a mission to kill the most feared man in the world, Pablo Escobar.
Director
David Whitney
Producer
David Whitney, Alan Clements, Mick McAvoy, Nick Taussig
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 29m