Review by Bob Ignizio
Despite having his name in the title, infamous Columbian
drug lord Pablo Escobar is not the main character in ESCOBAR: PARADISE LOST. That honor belongs to naïve Canadian surfer
dude Nick Brady (Josh Hutcherson). We first meet Nick in 1991 as Escobar
(Benecio del Toro) is about to turn himself over to the authorities. We don’t
yet know how this clearly in over his head gringo became a part of Escobar’s
organization; we only know that he is being asked to help Escobar hide his
income before his sentence begins, and that doing so will require Nick to commit
murder. Cue the flashback.
