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The Informer

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The Informer

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Ex-con Pete Koslow is working undercover for corrupt FBI agents Montgomery and Wilcox to bring down a Polish drug lord called the General. Eventually Koslow owes his life to the crime boss and is forced to break parole so he can head back inside and facilitate the flow of narcotics to inmates. Director Andrea Di Stefano's thriller, starring Joel Kinnaman and Rosamund Pike

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Terry Staunton

In this underwhelming thriller, retired soldier and ex-convict Pete Koslow (Joel Kinnaman) is the victim of double- and maybe even triple-cross when he's hung out to dry by both the FBI (for whom he's working under cover) and the drugs kingpin whose gang he has been tasked to infiltrate. Sent back to jail after being implicated in the murder of a New York cop, he must hatch an elaborate escape plan, clear his name and save the lives of his wife and young daughter. What may have worked well on the page (the film is based on the 2009 Swedish novel Three Seconds by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom) comes unstuck on the big screen as the makers try to shoehorn too many complexities into the running time, leaving gaping holes in the plot and several questions unanswered. Kinnaman is a stoic, serviceable hero, if a little light on charisma, although Rosamund Pike and Clive Owen are arguably the most witless, unconvincing feds ever to flash a badge.

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6.6/10

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Cast

rolenamePete KoslowJoel KinnamanErica WilcoxRosamund PikeGrensCommon SofiaAna de ArmasAgent MontgomeryClive OwenSlewittSam SpruellRysard Klimek / The GeneralEugene Lipinski

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Crew

rolenameDirectorAndrea Di Stefano

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Theatrical distributor

Warner Bros

Released on

2019-08-30

Languages

English | Polish | Spanish

Formats

Colour

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