# La mule (2018)

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**Original title**: *The Mule*
**Runtime**: 116 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama
**Directed by**: Clint Eastwood
**Written by**: Nick Schenk
**Starring**: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Peña, Dianne Wiest, Andy Garcia

> *Nobody runs forever*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You drive for a living in a desperate bid to save your business, but then a mysterious job offer comes with unexpected cargo, and The Mule's protagonist becomes a target for a determined DEA agent, Clint Eastwood portrays him.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, raw, tender

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.0/10 (167646 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 70% · Metacritic 58/100

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