

The Mule
Nobody runs forever
Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.
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6.9/10
5,520 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $50M
- Box office
- $174.8M
- Language
- English
- mexico
- drug crime
- texas
- drug mule
- based on true story
- old man
- drug cartel
- dea agent
- pickup truck
- small town sheriff
- korean war veteran
- based on magazine, newspaper or article
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Produced in
Canada, United States of America
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Theatrical4 Jan 2019
United StatesUS
- PremiereRLos Angeles10 Dec 2018
- TheatricalR14 Dec 2018
- PhysicalR2 Apr 2019
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1525 Jan 2019
- Digital / OTT3 Jun 2019
- Physical15DVD3 Jun 2019
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalDVD3 Jun 2019
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM24 Jan 2019
CanadaCA
- Theatrical14 Dec 2018
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical3 Jan 2019
AustriaAT
- Theatrical1 Feb 2019
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1823 Jan 2019
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1614 Feb 2019
- Digital / OTT1615 May 2019
BulgariaBG
- Theatrical1 Feb 2019
ChileCL
- Theatrical31 Jan 2019
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The Mule was released on 14 December 2018.
Audience reviews
7- S7/10
Stephen Campbell
7/12/2019
**_Laconic, measured and easy to digest, although it could have done with more substance_** > _How many addicts are out on the street simply because Mr. Sharp brought the cocaine here?_ - Sam Dolnick quoting AUSA Chris Graveline; "The Sinaloa Cartel's 90-Year-Old Drug Mule"; _New York Times_ (June 11, 2014) 63 years since he first appeared on-screen (an uncredited role in Jack Arnold's 1955 _Revenge of the C…
- P9/10
Peter McGinn
4/5/2020
I wonder if Clint Eastwood is one of the few directors who could have gotten this movie made. It took me a while to get around to watching it, partly due to some of the negative buzz I heard out there in the Interworld. I suspect I liked this movie for the same reason a lot of the bad buzzy folks hated it. How many respected directors have the star power to get a movie made that, even with a violent Mexican drug …
- R7/10
r96sk
2/14/2022
This be good. I enjoyed <em>'The Mule'</em>. It's an entertaining and well paced flick from 2018, as Clint Eastwood fully stars in a film for the first time since 2012's <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/trouble-with-the-curve/" rel="nofollow">Trouble with the Curve</a>'</em> - and first also as director since 2008's <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/gran-torino/" rel="nofollow">Gran Torino</a>'</e…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/28/2022
Clint Eastwood takes on the character of "Earl Stone", an elderly gent who takes great pride in his award winning flowers but one who is broke; facing the loss of his home and his business. He has to earn some cash, so takes on a job as a delivery driver. He's a Korean War vet, so whilst never quite sure what he is "delivering", he knows full well that the less police involvement with his antics, the better. Soon his…
- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
1/12/2023
I never understood how people disagree with giving a movie either 10 or only 1 star here. Either it does it's job or it doesn't. The Mule is the kind of movie that my dad, rest his soul, would beg me to see in the theater with him, and then rave about after. A lonely old man that breaks a few laws in order to provide for his family and, in the process, gets himself into trouble with some bad guys. And it's a…
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