ESCOBAR: PARADISE LOST on Blu-ray October 6th

The critically acclaimed ESCOBAR: PARADISE LOST, written and directed by Andrea Di Stefano, and starring Academy Award® winner Benicio Del Toro (Traffic) and Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games franchise), arrives on Blu-ray™ and DVD October 6th from Anchor Bay Entertainment. An official selection of the 2014 Telluride Film Festival and 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, ESCOBAR: PARADISE LOST is an absorbing fictionalized drama based on notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar’s last reining days in Colombia.

Young surfer Nick (Hutcherson) thinks all his dreams have come true when he goes to visit his brother in Colombia. Against an idyllic backdrop of blue lagoons and white beaches, he falls madly in love with Maria (Claudia Traisac,“Cuentame”). It all seems perfect until he meets her uncle, the famous drug kingpin Pablo Escobar (Del Toro) and he finds his life is on the line when he’s pulled into the dangerous world of the family business. Escobar: Paradise Lost also stars Carlos Bardem (Black Souls), Laura Londoño (“La Bruja”) and Micke Moreno (“Reto de Mujer”).

Though it did not play theatrically in St. Louis and was not reviewed here at We Are Movie Geeks, the critics who have seen ESCOBAR: PARADISE LOST have been impressed.

Michael O’Sullivan of The Washington Post wrote:

“The suspense that Di Stefano generates in the film’s final hour is genuine, and the action gripping.”

Kate Muir of The UK Times said

“The movie contains a subtly crazed performance from Benicio del Toro as Escobar: one moment fooling around with his children in the hacienda swimming pool, fondling his gold taps, the next executing his enemies.”

David Ehrlich of Time Out wrote:

“When you’ve got Benicio Del Toro playing Pablo Escobar, the rest is just icing on the cake.”

ESCOBAR: PARADISE LOST will be available on Blu-ray™ and DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment for the suggested retail price of $26.99 and $22.98, respectively.