Triple Frontier (2019)

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Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.

Film Overview
"Triple Frontier" is an exhilarating action-adventure film launched in 2019. Directed by J.C. Chandor and co-written by Chandor and Mark Boal, the film tells the story of five former Special Forces operatives who reunite to rob an infamous cartel manager in an uninhabited multi-border zone of South America. The ensemble cast consists of Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, and Pedro Pascal.

Setting and Plot
Set within the dangerous vagueness of 'Triple Frontier'-- where the borders of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil collide-- the film opens with Santiago "Pope" Garcia (Oscar Isaac) operating as a personal military consultant in Colombia combatting drug crime. Pope has been attempting to nail down cartel employer, Gabriel Lorea. Notified by a local informant, Yovanna, Pope learns about Lorea's concealed millions. Understanding the magnitude of the job, Pope decides to recruit his former Delta Force friends for the objective.

Assembling the Team
Pope reunites his old team - Tom "Redfly" Davis (Ben Affleck), William "Ironhead" Miller (Charlie Hunnam), Ben Miller (Garrett Hedlund), and Francisco "Catfish" Morales (Pedro Pascal). Each in this crew is dealing with their mundane life after military service and gets attracted by the one-off opportunity presented by Pope. They consent to the objective with the condition that their actions need to be off the books, i.e., informal, and they're doing it for themselves, not their nation.

The Heist
Redfly's tactical management enables them plan a smart heist. As anticipated, they discover big amounts of cash, far more than they had expected. Overwhelmed with greed, they choose to take all of it, which sadly leads them to overstay their scheduled exit, interrupting their escape strategy. Their heli, overloaded by the weight of money, crashes in a rural village in Peru, leaving them stranded with the loot.

Punishing Consequences
The rest of the film is a survival struggle, as the group undertakings to get away through the treacherous landscapes with the loot. They also face cruel villagers and Lorea's security group chasing them down for justice. During the course of an intense action series, Redfly is fatally shot. The large sum of cash they worked for ends up being a threatening concern, and they end up losing most of it.

Conclusion
In the end, the enduring members manage to escape and contribute their remaining money to Redfly's household anonymously. The movie concludes with them acknowledging the mess they got themselves into due to their dire greed and the cost they paid for it. However, Pope is meant considering retrieving the lost money when he receives a set of collaborates from Yovanna, symbolizing the possibility of a sequel.

"Triple Frontier" effectively provides a deep and intense check out the darker side of war objectives. Regardless of being an action-packed heist movie, it attends to the mental complexities of its characters and their struggles after service. With a gifted cast and interesting storyline, the movie is a thrilling expedition of brotherhood, commitment, and the severe effects of greed.

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