A “Breaking Bad” star switches sides in this 72% Rotten Tomatoes crime thriller streaming hit

by Junna Base November 10, 2024

Three years later breaking Bad came to an endSeries star Bryan Cranstonplayed his role as an incredibly notorious and feared drug dealer and switched to the side of the FBI agents The intruder. With a 72% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, the crime thriller isn’t necessarily a knockout, but it’s still worth a watch for those out there who think Cranston can do no wrong. If you’re not sure, just ask Netflix subscribers Brad Furman-helmed feature is currently on its way up the streamer’s top 10 list.

In The intruderbased on the autobiography, The Intruder: My Secret Life in the Dirty Banks Behind Pablo Escobar’s Medelín CartelCranston plays the very real role Robert Mazur. Mazur, a U.S. Customs special agent by trade, risked his life and those of his loved ones when he took it upon himself to go undercover and crash Pablo Escobaris the money laundering business. Combining fire with fire, Mazur poses as a dishonest businessman to gain Escobar’s trust the drug lord and Bank of Credit and Commerce International, which had ties to First American Bankshares in Washington, DC

When in doubt, it is always best to seek the professional and supportive help of those around you. That’s exactly what Furman did when it came to the script The intruder. In a funny, if not often heard, move, the filmmaker turned to none other than his mother to write the script for the film. With a background in literary writing, Ellen Brown Furman took the step and more than mastered the task of bringing the story from the pages of Mazur’s autobiography to life in film form.

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Along with the landing of the Malcolm in the middle graduate who had just received an Oscar nomination for his work in Trumbofor the main role of the film, The intruder also featured a dreamy cast of artists including Diane Kruger (National Treasure), John Leguizamo (To Wong Foo, thanks for everything! Julie Newmar), Benjamin Bratt (Miss Congeniality), Amy Ryan (The office), Said Taghmaoui (The murderer), And Joe Gilgun (preacher). The project was Furman’s fourth, following the success of The setting, The Lincoln LawyerAnd Runner runnerand that even though it may not have been exactly a box office hit The Lincoln Lawyer Nevertheless, the film was well received by critics for the story and Cranston’s performance.