As an avid soccer fan, I remember the events in the world cup (in the USA) vividly. It is quite interesting to get a look into the (tragic) events behind the Colombian team and its connections with the drug cartels. I had no idea about the depth of these connections and the implications. A must see for any soccer fan!

So the link between the two may be a little flimsy but this documentary manages to give decent overall coverage of both stories and how they came to intertwine. It's not perfect (e.g. failing to mention that most of the Colombian players who 'quit' the game returned almost immediately) but it keeps you interested throughout, has a good mixture of contributors and after years of rumour and speculation it's nice to get a definitive answer about the exact circumstances surrounding Anders' murder.

"The company behind The Two Escobars is ESPN Films, and the influence, coincidentally or not, is tangible." - Chuck Bowen

Exceptionally well crafted. The stories weave together in a totally logical fashion although the full impact isn't really recognized until the end even though we all know how it ends. The interviews do a marvelous job of narrating the story and the quality of footage they were able to find from the time period adds a lot to this show. Highly recommended.

Like soccer, this documentary is pure movement. It never slows down, never fails to pull the viewer towards how the soccer team failed to improve or escape the world of Columbia. This is the best-crafted documentary I've ever seen.

A gripping, unbiased documentary which manages to show the different angles of the drug trade as well as the different sides of the tragic circumstances around the Colombian national football team. A great achievement.

Manages to combine two types of films quite deftly, and expose me to a story that I was completely unaware of.

Watching Colombia back then was really something special with Higuita, Valderama, Asprilla and such. Higuita made us wow and lol a lot. Such a colorful player. I would have preferred to remember the Columbian team from my childhood memories I guess, instead of this documentary as this is a very dark, cruel and sad one.

This solid football documentary couldn't be more compelling: the Zimbalists depicts the Escobars' stories in an emotional but vivid fashion, by depicting the disturbing connections between football and drug structures with a sober look.

Rarely has a film drawn me in this completely. From the moment it began, I was transfixed by the story of Pablo and Andres Escobar as well as their home country of Colombia. The filmmakers refusal to demonize Pablo (although he certainly did some horrible things) is impressive and it never fully lionizes Andres, either, which keeps it from devolving into soft-focus, sugar-coated BS. When the "own goal" arrives, the stakes are drawn so clearly and are so unbelievably high, it's almost unbearable.

For a guy like me, who almost love football as much as I love film (It used to be the other way around) this is a great film about the rise of one of the best and most colorfull national teams in history and what influence the most notorious drug lord had on it being so. With that said, the movie is a bit to long and it loses its pace towards the end but it doesnt change the fact that this is a mesmerizing peek behind the scenes of the drug lord/football partnership which reigned in Colombia!

Watchable, with a fascinating link between drug-lords, money laundering, and soccer. But what happened to Pablo's soccer club after he made open war on the government? And I could have done without SO much "soccer united the country" rah-rah BS, complete with inspirational music. Finally, -10 points for not realizing siccing drug lords against one another is the ONLY way to rid oneself of these terrorists. Wonderful interviews and brutal portrayal of drug violence only partially redeem.