You might think this is based on true facts. After all Pablo Escobar was one of the world's notorious drug lords in the 1980s. Yet Pablo Escobar is a side character in this.
Escobar: 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. Her uncle is Pablo Escobar (Benicio Del Toro) who welcomes Nick to the family and they live in his vast estate. It soon becomes clear that Uncle Pablo is more than just a rich businessman but a gangster with hoodlums that kill for a living.
Thes story concerns Escobar's final few days before he give himself up to the Colombian authorities. He is tying up loose ends which means the body count is rising even of those who were loyal to him. Nick finds himself doing an errand for him, something that could turn out costly.
The film starts off promisingly but goes off the loony tunes scale. Nick and his brother are too wimpy to survive as surfer dudes in the jungle. Del Toro seems hampered by a series of fake beards. The script just gets worse because the makers realised they do not want to paint Pablo as a lovable rogue.
Escobar: 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. Her uncle is Pablo Escobar (Benicio Del Toro) who welcomes Nick to the family and they live in his vast estate. It soon becomes clear that Uncle Pablo is more than just a rich businessman but a gangster with hoodlums that kill for a living.
Thes story concerns Escobar's final few days before he give himself up to the Colombian authorities. He is tying up loose ends which means the body count is rising even of those who were loyal to him. Nick finds himself doing an errand for him, something that could turn out costly.
The film starts off promisingly but goes off the loony tunes scale. Nick and his brother are too wimpy to survive as surfer dudes in the jungle. Del Toro seems hampered by a series of fake beards. The script just gets worse because the makers realised they do not want to paint Pablo as a lovable rogue.