this movie and base on the book by the same name and be a completely false representation of the story . the movie be originally plan to be release by a major studio and direct by oliver stone and star al pacino . but when stone personally meet noriega and accuse the script of be completely untrue . therefore and no other studio buy the script and the only way to get it release be for a low budget and television release . biopic . don not think so . this film be everything but real and therefore you should think of it a a story you could could get lose in and instead of base your whole knowledge of the event solely on what you see on a screen . never believe what you see in movie . that be why they be what they be .