Sicario

2015 Directed by Denis Villeneuve

The border is just another line to cross.

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

Emily Blunt Benicio del Toro Josh Brolin Victor Garber Jon Bernthal Daniel Kaluuya Jeffrey Donovan Raoul Max Trujillo Julio Cedillo Hank Rogerson Bernardo P. Saracino Maximiliano Hernández Kevin Wiggins Edgar Arreola Kim Larrichio Jesus Nevarez-Castillo Dylan Kenin Sarah Minnich Matthew Page Lora Martinez-Cunningham John Burke John Trejo Vic Browder Eb Lottimer Marty Lindsey Alex Knight Rio Alexander Eric Steinig Matthew Tompkins Show All…

Alternative Titles

Sicário: Terra de Ninguém, Sicario 1, Borderline, 시카리오, 시카리오-암살자의 도시, Sicario the Mexican Hitman

action crime thriller

122 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

Popular reviews

Review by Mike D'Angelo ★★★★½ 36

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

83/100
Second viewing, no change. Having now professionally reviewed this film four times (for The Dissolve from Cannes, and then for the A.V. Club, the Nashville Scene, and the Las Vegas Weekly), I thought I had nothing left to say, especially since I made a point of addressing the most common criticisms. But since a bunch of folks are praising Adam Nayman's takedown for Reverse Shot, let me quickly address a few of his points.
“I have to know,” Kate tells her pal Reggie (Daniel Kaluuya), but there’s little urgency in the role or the performance—and almost none of the obsessive fervor that bled through Jessica Chastain’s porcelain features in Zero Dark Thirty.
A couple more paragraphs about Zero Dark…
Review by SilentDawn ★★★★★ 25

91/100
Sicario, not unlike its translation into "hitman", revolves around the act of stealth and the aura of tension it creates. Denis Villeneuve, teaming up again with master DP Roger Deakins, conjures up images of supreme darkness, but the true accomplishment comes not from horror within the now but from the foreboding blare of escalating dread.
It's nothing less than a sublime concoction, but one that decays as soon as familiarity is presented. With Deakins' soul-searing cinematography, Johann Johannsson's heart-exploding score, and Villeneuve's tracking mindset of "firecracker" pops and splattering eruption; Sicario is an experience that will enthrall any fan of artfully presented gloom, but its subtext and interconnected view of political systems will be even harder to shake.
Emily…
Review by Matt Singer ★★★★ 6

Remember the scene in BOOGIE NIGHTS where Alfred Molina is randomly tossing firecrackers at Mark Wahlberg and John C. Reilly? SICARIO is like that scene for two straight hours with no “Sister Christian.” It is intense.
TIFF '15 Review #2: screencrush.com/sicario-review-tiff/
Review by Erik Nordgren ★★★★★ 4

god said let there be light and roger deakins said wait for my cue
Review by " GABRIEL GUIMARÃES " ★★★★★

The best episode of Narcos I have ever seen.
Review by brat pitt ★★★½ 2

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

ok i'm sorry but one of my least favorite tropes in the whole world is the Woman Who Holds a Man at Gunpoint But Can't Bring Herself to Shoot Him so She Slowly Lowers Her Gun and He Walks Away ..
#LetHerShoot

Recent reviews

Review by LionelKp ★★★★

The movie is about a theme that has been regurgitated a lot of times previously. The illegal activities at the US-Mexico border. For example, the flick "Traffic" comes up in my mind. Nonetheless, this has a refreshing perspective. Human beings that are trying to survive in the midst of abject violence.
The are no heroes in this story. Everybody has its flaws. Emily Blunt's performance was breathtaking. She started as the classic cop with good intentions and ended up making compromises on the altar of the war against the cartels. Her constant face of deer-in-headlights throughout the movie made it worthwhile watching.
Benicio del Toro's character is the proverbial antihero that draws sympathy once you understand his background. His presence…
Review by Matias Dahlbäck ★★★★½

A comfort rewatch.
Review by kate ★★★½

crazy how out of this entire cast full of men there was only one good one
Review by Vaughn ★★★★★

Best of the Decade
You are not a wolf, and this is a land of wolves now.
The beginning of one of the greatest annual directorial runs of all time (Sicario , 2015, Arrival , 2016, BR2049 , 2017), Sicario is another flawless movie from powerhouse modern director Denis Villenueve. One of the most tense thrillers of the decade, starting immediately by ratcheting up the intensity at minute one, and somehow never letting that tension drop a bit. There are, for me, a million things to love about this film - but I want to start with the man himself, because his direction is absolutely incredible. His eye for film is unmatched, and it's hard to imagine a world where…
Review by Sp0der_Razor ★★★★½

This movie is kind of peculiar because i was recommended by my father to watch this movie. Was skeptical at first, but it turned out to be one of the coldest movies i've ever seen. Those last 30 minutes are so brutal...
Review by Marcus ★★★★

Good film. Scratched that tactical-military-government-corruption-cartel itch I had. Well timed action and full of suspense and intensity. Great climax too.
Review by Randy Lahey

WOW! Fantastic!
Blu-ray
Review by Ellis Carr ★★★★

Never been more scared of a man than I am of Benicio Del Toro after that.
I feel shit about the world now.
Denis is genius and making it hard for me not say he’s my favourite, up there with good old Edgar
Review by Homero ★★★★★

wow! the tension with the score are perfectly blended together. Denis Villeneuve you are a great man.