The Legend of Cocaine Island

Name: The Legend of Cocaine Island
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 29, 2019
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 44
Cast: Andy Culpepper, Bo Butterworth, Bri Bryant, Danny Pardo, Edward Steven Harris II

2019

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): March 29, 2019 | TV-MA

Starring: Andy Culpepper, Bo Butterworth, Bri Bryant, Danny Pardo, Edward Steven Harris II, Emily Hyden, Greg Engleberg, Jamie Hyden, Matthew Ezell, Michael Opal, Rodney Hyden

Summary: A desperate man goes on a buried treasure hunt for $2 million worth of cocaine.

Director: Theo Love

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 83 min

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RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Mar 29, 2019

The Legend of Cocaine Island feels like the kind of story that only could have gone down quite this way in the state that gave us “Florida Man.” Read full review

Elisabeth Vincentelli

Mar 29, 2019

The director (2014’s “Little Hope Was Arson”) can lay it on thick with the comic scene setups and James Bond-like soundtrack. Then again, this underlines the silliness of Rodney Hyden’s odyssey. Read full review

Robert Abele

Apr 10, 2019

The problem is that for all the ways this story is entertaining as a magazine article or Dateline segment, it’s an awkwardly bloated bore when Love makes the affable, naïve Hyden not just his key interviewee but also his reenactment star. Read full review

The Guardian Adrian Horton

Mar 28, 2019

Sometimes, a good legend is all the embellishment you need. Read full review

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QjD

Apr 2, 2019

The fact that this is not a fictitious story is what makes it even more appealing, it leaves you asking yourself, what would you have done differently? This could have been a blockbuster movie in my opinion, with all the twist and turns of the story, it's very entertaining. The only negativeThe fact that this is not a fictitious story is what makes it even more appealing, it leaves you asking yourself, what would you have done differently? This could have been a blockbuster movie in my opinion, with all the twist and turns of the story, it's very entertaining. The only negative thing I can say about this documentary is that it should have been a blockbuster movie.… Expand

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