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      Killing Escobar

      2021 1 hr. 29 min. Documentary List
      88% 8 Reviews Tomatometer 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. Read More Read Less

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      Anita Singh Daily Telegraph (UK) McAleese was the heart of the film, and we were not invited to admire him - although we were asked to understand him. Rated: 4/5 Jul 20, 2021 Full Review Carol Midgley Times (UK) 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. Rated: 4/5 Jul 20, 2021 Full Review Andrew Pulver Guardian McAleese and Tomkins relate the story of their mission efficiently enough. Rated: 3/5 Mar 18, 2021 Full Review Alison Rowat The Herald (Scotland) 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. May 17, 2021 Full Review Musanna Ahmed Film Inquiry 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. May 15, 2021 Full Review Edward Porter Sunday Times (UK) An inconsequential story, but it has beefy realism. Rated: 3/5 Mar 15, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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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
      Executive Producer
      Mark Thomas
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English