Doublecrossed
Seen it?1991 | 109 min | Action, Drama, TV Movie
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- A natural pick for fans of mob stories and people who like their stories at full throttle. A look inside a world of loyalty, money and betrayal. If you loved Scarface or Training Day, start here.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Gives its people room to develop, at 1 hr 49 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13. Probably too much for younger kids.
- Not for anyone who finds explosions tiring.
Based on a true story, this made-for-cable film tells about Barry Seal, a pilot who was a drug smuggler for the infamous Medellin cartel out of Colombia. He was caught by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and decided to turn over and help the DEA break the cartel. However, he got caught in the middle of the Reagan/Bush administration efforts to topple the Nicaraguan government in the '80s, in which Nicaraguan rebels called "contras" were allowed to smuggle cocaine into the US in exchange for their fighting against the leftist Nicaraguan government. Eventually Seal was murdered by his former Medellin employers, and some critics say it was with the tacit, if not implicit, connivance of the US administration.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 11K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Roger Young
- Dennis HopperBarry Seal
- Robert CarradineDave Booker
- Richard JenkinsJim Donaldson
- Adrienne BarbeauDebbie Seal
- Don HoodTony, Barry's lawyer
- G.W. BaileyCamp
- Danny TrejoLito
- Danny KaminLt. Alvey
- Jerry LeggioJudge Altzo
- Ed AmatrudoOchoa