Triple Frontier is a 2019 American action-adventure film directed by J. C. Chandor, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mark Boal. The film stars Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund and Pedro Pascal as a group of former U.S. Army Delta Force operators who reunite to plan a heist of a South American crime lord Gabriel Martin Lorea.
The film was released by Netflix in theaters on March 6, 2019, before a worldwide streaming release on March 13, 2019. It received generally favorable reviews from critics.
Private military advisor Santiago “Pope” Garcia, an ex-Delta Force operator, works in Colombia with local police combating drug cartels. An informant named Yovanna asks for his help to smuggle her and her brother out of the country in exchange for drug lord Gabriel Martin Lorea’s whereabouts. Yovanna tells Pope that Lorea lives in a remote house in the jungle with $75 million in cash. Pope travels to Florida to recruit his fellow ex-Delta Force teammates, to seize the money under the pretense of working for the government: Tom “Redfly” Davis, a realtor; William “Ironhead” Miller, a motivational speaker; his brother Ben “Benny” Miller, an MMA fighter; and Francisco “Catfish” Morales, a pilot. Pope manages to convince the team to steal the money for themselves.
To minimize casualties, the team infiltrates the house while Lorea’s family attends church. They subdue the guards but can’t find Lorea or the money. Pope realizes that the money is hidden in the walls, and they find far more than expected. Redfly fixates on the money, demanding that the team continue loading past their exit time until they convince him that they must leave. After loading the money in a van, they do a final sweep for Lorea. He ambushes them and wounds Ironhead, before Pope kills him. The crew tends to Ironhead’s wound, as the family returns with the rest of the guards. The crew eliminates the guards, burns down the house, and drives away with $250 million in cash while leaving the family alive.
