Synopsis
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.
2015 Directed by Denis Villeneuve
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 John Trejo Marty Lindsey Alex Knight Rio Alexander Eric Steinig Michael-David Aragon Vic Browder Boots Southerland Adam Taylor David Garver Jesse Ramirez James Espinoza Show All…
Geo Corvera Keith Woulard Kurly Tlapoyawa Jermaine Washington Mark Stefanich Eddie Perez Tait Fletcher Damien Bray Ed Duran Stephen Oyoung Nico Woulard Victor Winters-Junco Ruben Rivera Laguna Nick Brett Gino Woulard Trina Siopy Larry Nuñez Christopher Parker Keenen Bray Michael Hansen Cannon Smith Matthew Lee Christmas Lucas Leggio Sean A. Rosales Carly Stucky Chris Donaldson David Noble Jay Torrez Nate Harris Gerald T. Bennett Douglas Christian Jessie Leigh Joey Paz
Bub Asman Roland N. Thai Dan O'Connell John T. Reitz John T. Cucci Alan Robert Murray Tom Ozanich Curt Schulkey Jason King William Sarokin James Ashwill Richard Duarte John Guentner
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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…
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/
Sicario might mean Hitman in Mexico. But in my world, Sicario means intense as fucking shit!
Also, that night scene is the best video game movie we will ever get.
Denis Villeneuve just became my favorite director. The things this man can do with a camera, I will never stop praising him.
emily blunt is that club penguin operator being like “thats illegal people cant do that”
as violent, horrifying, and unfocused as the drug war itself. this is muscular filmmaking from the first frame (and man is that prologue ghastly, even for a HELI veteran such as myself), and the runaround storytelling is obviously part of the idea here... getting a clear view of the drug war is like trying to hold water in the palm of your hand, and it ain't subtle...
but DV only has one instrument: a hammer, and that JJ score is in a pissing contest with Hans Zimmer. throw in Brolin's smug spook charm to soften things up a bit and you've got yourself a real hazy border between a wake-up call narrative and a deep need to entertain (don't even get me started on the Mexican police officer). and then Benicio Del Toro goes full Metal Gear Solid and... yeah, it's potent, but it ain't great.
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