The Mule is a 2014 Australian black comedy crime drama film directed by Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson.

[1] It stars Sampson, Hugo Weaving, Leigh Whannell, Ewen Leslie, and John Noble, and was released directly to iTunes and other digital platforms simultaneously in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States on 21 November 2014.

In 1983 Australia, television repairman Ray Jenkins (Angus Sampson) and his football team celebrate the end of their season by spending the weekend in Thailand.

Ray initially refuses, but after learning his stepfather is deeply in gambling debt, and his mother will be targeted if he does not pay up, he agrees to transport the heroin.

In Thailand, while wandering through the markets, Gavin goes to pick up half a kilogram of heroin to bring back to Pat.

Believing Ray is a drug trafficker, Australian Federal Police agents Croft (Hugo Weaving) and Paris (Ewen Leslie) arrest him.

They plan to head to the hotel to visit him, but John has a discussion with Gavin, revealing his participation in the drug scheme to get Pat to get rid of his debts.

He then excretes the rest of the condoms, and using a coin taken from the police officer's wallet, starts to unscrew the back panel of the television.

On the last night, the police officers are trying to watch the 1983 America's Cup, but the television is displaying static, so they call reception to have it repaired.

The website's critics consensus reads: "Smarter than its scatological premise might suggest, The Mule offers solidly explosive laughs for fans of dark comedy.

[3] IGN awarded it a score of 8.5 out of 10, saying, "Less black comedy and more brown drama, The Mule goes to some seriously dark places but is still full of laughs.