在这部造雪人剧情/惊悚/传记/犯罪片中,《造雪人》是一部设定与上世纪80年代的犯罪题材影片，吉伦哈尔将饰演哥伦比亚贩毒集团核心圈子里的唯一一位美国人。他曾经协助贩毒集团走私大量可卡因，被捕后转做美国政府的线人和污点证人。
这部影片改编自这名毒贩马克思-默梅尔斯坦的自传，默梅尔斯坦一直在证人保护计划的保护之下隐姓埋名，直到2008年去世。这部影片由《伸冤人》导演安东尼-福奎阿执导，福奎阿对于这类题材可谓是熟门熟路，吉伦哈尔却是首次接触这类反面角色。
The true story of Max Mermelstein, a Jewish hotel engineer, who transforms a small mom and pop drug organization into a billion-dollar enterprise known as the Medellin Cartel...but the chickens come home to roost when the cartel asks him to murder a rival and he must escape with his family from a prison of his own doing.
