Del Toro seems hampered by a series of fake beards. Nick and his brother are too wimpy to survive as surfer dudes in the jungle. The film starts off promisingly but goes off the loony tunes scale. Nick finds himself doing an errand for him, something that could turn out costly. He is tying up loose ends which means the body count is rising even of those who were loyal to him. Thes story concerns Escobar's final few days before he give himself up to the Colombian authorities. It soon becomes clear that Uncle Pablo is more than just a rich businessman but a gangster with hoodlums that kill for a living. Her uncle is Pablo Escobar (Benicio Del Toro) who welcomes Nick to the family and they live in his vast estate. Yet Pablo Escobar is a side character in this.Įscobar: Paradise Lost is based on a fictional story of Canadian surfer Nick (Josh Hutcherson) living with his brother in the Colombian jungle who falls in love Maria Escobar. After all Pablo Escobar was one of the world's notorious drug lords in the 1980s. You might think this is based on true facts. If you didn't know anything about this piece of history, you will definitely be interested by the time the film's last frame ends. It's not an epic masterpiece, but a good film that shows a dark period in Colombia, the depiction of a monster at his worst, wonderfully played by Del Toro, who is able to show whatever exists in the soul of this complex criminal. There are some chilling scenes where we hear Escobar's interactions with his family, while he juggles a change of plans in order to ensure the demise of his enemies. This film has some of the most exciting pieces I have seen in 2015, and the tension mounts, as Del Toro's quick directives to dictate Nick's ultimate fate. The last third of film deals with the way Nick has to find a way back so safety and escape the worst of fates. It is uncomfortable, and as the situation changes for Escobar, so do the plans he has for Nick. He begins to see that some of the looks he's given are a bit on the threatening or intimidating side. He finds some of Escobar's associates washing blood off themselves. They sometimes appear out of place when they are wearing an expensive gown in the middle of the day, or we see outrageous presents given to each other.Įventually Nick discovers how deep the darkness is.
It is obvious they are "new money" because many of the women walk around in outfits that are expensive and mostly having the color gold. Nick is welcomed into a world that doesn't make any sense to him, a world populated by people who have amassed insane amounts of money and flaunt it ostentatiously to anyone who attends their social functions. It deals with a Canadian young man who happens to fall in love with Maria, Escobar's niece, and little by little, realizes he might have just wandered into a nightmare that will have serious consequences for him and his closest relatives. The story in the film doesn't dwell on Escobar in biographical terms. Escobar in the film grows from just a man who has immense amounts of money at his disposal to someone who commands much power through the darkest of means. Escobar, as portrayed in the film is a figure of mythical proportions, someone whose deeds are really difficult to believe because it seems almost impossible a human being is capable of committing such actions.ĭel Toro, in a towering performance that is at least worthy of an Oscar nomination, makes Escobar come alive, though they are not very similar physically, but the behavior, the charm, very similar to a snake's, one that you can't ignore or walk away, though you know it's lethal. I went into this film knowing very little about who Escobar was, so I went through an experience similar to the main character in the film, as he realized that he had encountered one of the devil's true incarnations on Earth. Reviewed by aharmas 9 / 10 The Powerful Reach of Evil
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