Medellin (film)

Brahim sounds panicked as he explains he had actually staged his kidnapping in an ill-conceived stunt to drive up viewership and that he is really enjoying a vacation in another city in Colombia.

During a video call, El Diablo shows Brahim being mauled by one of his attack dogs, while Reda and his friends are on a boat and have dropped Don Nacho in the sea as shark bait.

To fool the cartel, the trio hide Don Nacho's shortened limbs under a blanket and try to escape with Brahim before El Diablo realizes the subterfuge.

Marissa takes them to Robbie, an American military operative who quickly trains Reda and Stan in the use of firearms while devising a way for Chafix to help find Brahim's location.

Thanks to the tracker, Robbie dispatches Reda and Stan to a cocaine manufacturing facility, where the pair finds Brahim and manages to escape, only to realize they forgot Chafix.

While Stan learns to fly the helicopter using online videos, Reda, holed up in one of the bedrooms, realizes that the steel-reinforced walls will block the remote signal for the bomb and instead decides to sacrifice himself, taking the whole cartel with him.

[1] Archika Khurana of The Times of India found the movie entertaining and funny for the most part but noted that the script was inconsistent and failed to take a deep dive into the narrative.

[2] John Serba of Decider gave the movie a SKIP IT rating, citing a lack of rhythm between the script and the well-executed but unremarkable action.