It’s been almost two years since we had the first trailer for the upcoming thriller, “The Informer.” And while delays almost never mean a good thing for a film, perhaps the long delay for “The Informer” is actually a benefit for the profile of the feature. You see, over the past two years, one of the leads, Ana de Armas, went from a relative unknown to one of the biggest names in Hollywood after her role in “Knives Out” and her upcoming role in “No Time to Die,” making “The Informer” a star-studded affair.
As seen in the trailer for “The Informer,” the film follows an ex-special operations soldier that works as an FBI informant to help take down the Polish mafia in New York City. However, when the job goes sideways, the informant is forced to go back to a prison where he previously served a sentence for manslaughter. Only this time, he has to take down the mafia from within the walls of the prison.
As mentioned, the film stars Ana de Armas in a supporting role, but the lead is Joel Kinnaman. They’re joined by Rosamund Pike, Common, and Clive Owen in the feature. “The Informer” is directed by Andrea Di Stefano. The filmmaker previously directed the true-crime thriller, “Escobar: Paradise Lost,” which stars none other than Benicio Del Toro in the lead role.
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“The Informer” arrives on VOD on November 6. You can watch the trailer below.
Here’s the synopsis:
Pete Koslow (Joel Kinnaman) is a former special operations soldier working as an informant for the FBI to help dismantle the Polish mafia’s drug trade in New York. But when the FBI’s operation goes wrong, resulting in the death of an undercover NYPD cop, Pete is coerced into returning to Bale Hill, the prison he previously served time in for manslaughter, to take down the cartel from the inside.