To say that documentarian Tiller Russell has a knack for discovering unconventional characters is an understatement.
From NYPD cops running a cocaine ring (2015’s The Seven Five), to a Russian mobster, a Cuban spy and a Miami playboy conspiring to sell a Soviet sub to the Cali cartel (2018’s Operation Odessa), the filmmaker has more than earned his gonzo doc bona fides.
And the weird winning streak continues with the director’s four-part docuseries The Last Narc, premiering on Amazon Prime Video today.
The story catalyzing Russell’s latest is one familiar to any viewer of the first season of Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico — the 1985 kidnapping […]
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