Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)

terrible... so disappointed.

Lack of good storyline.

I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

"Escobar: Paradise Lost" is a great movie about Colombia's most ruthless, wealthiest, most powerful and certainly one of the most violent criminals of all time. It is not another Escobar biopic, instead the film provides a new perspective on him since lets you "visit" Escobar's family and estate. It recreates Hacienda Napoles quite well. Benicio Del Toro is Pablo Escobar. This is probably the best performance ever about Escobar's real character. Actor Josh Hutcherson gives a great performance as Nick, and actress Claudia Traisac who plays Maria gives a great performance. Carlos Bardem plays Drago, with a short but impressive intervention on the plot. I highly recommend you this movie.

This was a great movie, if you are not expecting a documentary,.A first directorial effort on the scale of Dances With Wolves. I was surprised to hear that Nick was a fictional character. Every scene was credible, and held your attention. The problem that the reviewers have is thinking this is about Escobar losing. paradise. The real Paradise Is a simple lie on the beach with your family in a spot you love. Here is the real tragedy For all of its opulence Escobar's house and life was not Paradise, it was hell trying to pass as paradise. I was so impressed with movie I wanted to find out if the Canadian kid did die or lived. A movie on a par with Winter's Bone

I found this film quite disappointing. Pablo Escobar's life provides the opportunity to tell a diverse number and types of stories. Yet this film uses him as they could have used a fictional character. One created by the Author. I have read and watched countless books, newspapers, documentaries, TV series and films made about Pablo Escobar. The character in this movie doesn't approach the surface of who he was. I question why even use the Escobar character and not just create a Drug Lord somewhere in Latin America? The portrait of the Escobar depicted in this film is very different from reality. Who he was, what drove him, what infuriated him, what he was afraid of. The only thing they got right is that he did care very much for his family. This film could have been so much more.

This thriller is a clever blend of a real person Escobar the drug lord and a dramatized semi fictional romance between a naïve Canadian who falls in love with the drug lord's niece in Colombia. You feel you are watching a true story because of the real drug lord.The action is terrifying and builds up realistically to a climax that has Breaking Bad intensity.Benicio is totally convincing in this role that is perfect for him. He doesn't over do it which is more effective. Josh Hutcherson is actually very good. It's nice to see him away from Hunger Games as a fresh faced innocent.A powerful yet believable fable.