All critics 55 top critics 23 fresh 30 rotten 25 the movie contains a subtly crazed performance from benicio del toro as escobar. This movie was entertaining and i especially like the character of marie, who was like. Paradise lost international trailer pablo escobar movie 2014. Actorturnedwriterdirector andrea di stefano has cooked up an oddity with escobar. Josh hutcherson finds the girl of his dreams claudia traisac while surfing in colombia. After, i realize he was the epitome of everything wrong with acceptance of legalizing narcotics. When a young surfer josh hutcherson begins a relationship with the niece of drug kingpin pablo escobar benicio del toro, he finds his life on the line after being pulled into the dangerous world of the escobar family business. Its focus drifts frustratingly away from the titular druglord, but escobar. Interview of claudia traisac and josh hutcherson in paris escobar. They have been so downtrodden for 300 years that familia is everythingthey love their families and children very much and besides in the movies, you dont kill a pretty niece in real life columbia or in a movie. It focuses on the story of nick, a canadian surfer, falling in love with the niece of reallife drug dealer pablo escobar. The movies hero is a young surfer who inadvertently falls in love with escobars niece and is welcomed into the family.
So, instead of a biopic of pablo escobar starring benicio del toro, we get a fictionalized tale of a canadian transplant who stumbles into. Benicio del toro is pablo escobar in paradise lost observer. The film chronicles the life of a surfer who falls in love while working with his brother in colombia and finds out that the girls uncle is colombian drug lord pablo escobar radiustwc acquired the north american distribution rights of the. When young surfer nick josh hutcherson falls for escobar s niece, he finds his life on the line when hes pulled into the.
Paradise lost, more than a few scenes are devoted to gory shootouts and dead bodies. When nick gets involved in a feud with a rival store, escobar puts a definitive end to the dispute, and soon the young man finds. In colombia, a young surfer meets the woman of his dreams. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. The film chronicles the life of a surfer who falls in love while working with his brother in colombia and finds out that the girls uncle is colombian drug lord pablo escobar.
It all seems perfect until he meets her uncle, one pablo escobar benicio del toro. When young surfer nick josh hutcherson falls for escobars niece, he finds his life on the line when hes pulled into the dangerous world of the family business. For pablo escobar benicio del toro, family is everything. Josh hutcherson, left, and benicio del toro in escobar. When a young canadian surfer josh hutcherson begins a relationship with the beautiful niece of drug kingpin pablo escobar benicio del toro, he finds his life on the line after being pulled. Now, imagine marrying into pablo escobars family when it seemed the world was his. But when people talk about pablo escobar, they dont know much.
The scenario is repeated again by andrea di stefano, but what makes his treatment of it more interesting than most is the fact that in this case the evil that sucks the protagonist in is a historical figure, colombian drug lord pablo escobar. In columbia a young canadian falls in love with a beautiful local, theres just one issue, shes the niece of pablo escobar. Expect lots of guns, shooting, killing, and blood, as well as some gory dead bodies and bloody wounds. Paradise lost stars josh hutcherson as nick, an american who opens a surf shop in colombia. With benicio del toro, josh hutcherson, claudia traisac, brady corbet.
When young surfer nick josh hutcherson falls for escobars niece, he finds h. In colombia, a young surfer meets the woman of his dreams and then he meets her uncle, pablo escobar. Del toro and hutcherson embody the ying and yang of escobar. Paradise lost on dvd october 6, 2015 starring benicio del toro, josh hutcherson, brady corbet. Italian actor andrea di stefanos directorial debut is a melodrama about notorious colombian drug lord pablo escobar. A young surfer falls for drug czar pablo escobars niece in the drama escobar.
Nick falls in love with maria, and things get complicated when he discovers marias uncle is an infamous drug lord. Paradise lost international trailer pablo escobar movie. Youll find that life is cheap, trust is thin and power is everything. Young surfer nick josh hutscherson thinks all his dreams have come true when he.
Josh hutcherson, left, and benecio del toro in escobar. Pablo escobar the most powerful drug lords in human history. Paradise lost also known as paradise lost is a 2014 romantic. Pablo escobar, colombias onetime king of cocaine, was legendary for his cruelty and treachery, and also for the warmth and. Benicio del toro is the famed drug kingpin pablo escobar in paradise lost trailer. Regardez paradise lost international trailer pablo escobar movie 2014 trailers cinema sur dailymotion.
A new fulllength trailer of escobar paradise lost, the upcoming romantic thriller movie written and directed by andrea di stefano and starring benicio del toro, josh hutcherson, udia traisac, brady corbet, carlos bardem, and ana girardot. Though named after colombian drug lord pablo escobar and giving benicio del. A journalist strikes up a romantic relationship with notorious drug lord pablo escobar. Paradise lost starring benicio del toro in this drama on directv.
Paradise lost, a fictionalized story featuring the nowdeceased head of the medellin cartel. But theres one major problemher uncle happens to be drug lord pablo escobar benicio del toro. Writing for indiewire, eric kohn gave the film a b and praised the performances of del toro. Del toro did a marvelous job capturing escobars personality he was a lot of fun and. This will not play on most bluray players sold in north america, central america, south america, japan, north korea, south korea, taiwan, hong kong and. I am moved by this movie and i highly recommend it to others who want something to watch. Paradise lost suffers from the same problem as my week with marilyn, me and orson welles and the last king of scotland, three films that also chose to capture legendary figures through the eyes of a relatable innocent. Benicio del toro plays the most notorious kingpin in history in escobar. Paradise lost synopsis for pablo escobar benicio del toro, family is everything. Paradise lost is a thriller centered around notorious reallife drug lord pablo escobar.
Paradise lost remains a mildly diverting drama, thanks largely to benicio del. Although nick or any boyfriend of an existing niece never existed, the movie is based on real events of escobars and colombias political and criminal. This movies gives you an insight to how he would have been viewed by his family, associates and of course the public of columbia. Nick begins dating a young woman, who turns out to be the niece of the feared and powerful drug lord pablo escobar benicio del toro. Paradise lost is a 2014 movie directed by andrea di stefano. In this fictional account of the colombian kingpin, pablo escobar.