Overboiled based-on-a-true-story cops-and-druglords pic that aspires to portray the strain that acting bad has on good people, and to convey the tension that arises from pretending to form friendships with folks you’re trying to bust. One or two scenes do elicit a wince — co-star John Leguizamo makes the most of his moment in the garish, grimy spotlight — but mostly, we never quite gets past star Bryan Cranston’s weathered exterior. When director Brad Furman isn't focusing on huge closeups (which seems to be an awful lot of the time), he's focusing on all the wrong details: accounting strategies for laundering money instead of how an accountant became a genius undercover operative; the potential consequences of being discovered instead of how a cover gets built in the first place; that sort of thing. Then there’s the weirdness: a weirdly choppy narrative, a weirdly inconsistent visual palette, and a weird level of speechifying all ‘round. (2016) — Matthew Lickona
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