Confidential Informant

2024 • 88 minutes

About this movie

This gritty crime thriller based on actual events and starring Mel Gibson tells the tale of two narcotics agents hunting for a cop killer during a crack epidemic. Hoping for leads, Moran (Dominic Purcell, 'Prison Break') and Thornton (Nick Stahl, 'Sin City') pay off a junkie informant. To provide for his wife (Kate Bosworth, 'Superman Returns') and son, Moran involves the stool pigeon in a deadly scheme. This causes the partners to come under the scrutiny of a suspicious internal affairs agent, leading to an explosive finale.