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Played by actor Jose Maria Yazpik Narcos: Mexico, Amado Carillo Fuentes is presumed to be dead — but some speculate that Amado is still alive somewhere and faked his death. Also known as "El Señor de Los Cielos" (The Lord of the Skies), Amado became the richest of the veteran drug lords hailing from the notorious Guadalajara Cartel, also known as La Federacion, Mexico’s first narco union. While Amado was far from being the most dangerous, feared, or charismatic cartel leader, he might have been the smartest. His intelligence and reputation have led many to believe Amadao Carrillo Fuentes is still alive.

As the jefe of the Juarez Cartel in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Amado worked with other narcotraficos like his uncle Ernesto “Don Neto” Fonseca Carrillo (Joaquin Cosio), Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo (Diego Luna), Pablo Escobar (Wagner Moura), and Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman (Alejandro Edda), eventually...

“Sound of Freedom” is being sold as a “conservative” thriller. It’s based on the true story of Tim Ballard, the former Department of Homeland Security special agent who has devoted himself to fighting child sex trafficking, and who took his crusade private when he founded Operation Underground Railroad, with backing from Glenn Beck. The movie stars Jim Caviezel, who in the 19 years since he played the title role of Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” has been a go-to actor for the kind of faith-based projects the vast majority of Hollywood stars steer clear of. Wearing a trim dark beard and coppery blond hair, Caviezel plays Ballard as a beatific G.I. Joe meets George C. Scott in “Hardcore” meets an avenging Jesus.

The movie has a Christian undercurrent that occasionally becomes an overcurrent, as when Ballard explains why he’s fixated on the crime of trafficking: “Because...