It is the risk of these five former Special Forces activists trying to experience a theft for the first time in their lives. In a low-density multi-border region of South America, these unknown heroes are trying to do this dangerous task in order to get what they want. Things turn and events take an unexpected turn, so these unknown heroes will enter into an epic battle to survive before everything becomes catastrophic.
10 April 1980, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
9 March 1979, Guatemala
March 12, 2019
The element of surprise has largely disappeared from modern mainstream moviemaking. And one of Triple Frontier's greatest accomplishments is how confidently it topples the expectations of a wary and weathered audience.
March 07, 2019
Triple Frontier becomes a fascinating sustained exercise in absurdist triage, as one mishap after another forces the men to decide whether they're prepared to throw away obscene amounts of money in order to save their skins.
March 07, 2019
It's a movie that maybe tries to do too much, but it does enough of it well to keep you glued to the screen.
March 12, 2019
While the action itself is vividly shot and often quite tense, the characters are so thinly drawn that it's impossible to connect with them, much less care about whether they make a clean getaway with their stolen millions.
March 06, 2019
This Netflix action blowout gets a pass on mindless escapism, but its attempt to sell itself as something deeper is beyond redemption.
March 12, 2019
An impressive, adult-driven action thriller. Terrifically cast and acted, impeccably directed.
March 12, 2019
Director J.C. Chandor's go-big-or-go-home heist film finds its footing for a little while amid a perversely engrossing explosion of opportunity costs. But the rest of this mas-macho meathead stuff just seems simultaneously beneath, and beyond, him.
March 12, 2019
Crime doesn't pay!
March 12, 2019
On a surface level, TRIPLE FRONTIER is an action thriller that provides teeth gritting scenes that cause the palms to get a bit sweaty. To call this film intense is an understatement, but Boal's script just barely scratches the psyche of these guys.
March 12, 2019
All is well because Chandor has a way of keeping the action scenes enthralling.
March 07, 2019
Triple Frontier has the good sense to take a macho, "Expendables"-like set-up and turn it inward. It just doesn't go far enough.
March 06, 2019
"Triple Frontier" is a slog-not just for the men hiking through the rough Andes terrain with bags of money, but for audiences as well.
