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 Daniel Kaluuya Victor Garber Jon Bernthal Jeffrey Donovan Raoul Max Trujillo Julio Cedillo Hank Rogerson Bernardo P. Saracino Maximiliano Hernández Edgar Arreola Kevin Wiggins 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…
Borderline, Sicario the Mexican Hitman, Sicario 1, 시카리오: 암살자의 도시, Убийца
High speed and special ops Crime, drugs and gangsters action, explosives, exciting, action-packed or villain political, democracy, president, documentary or propaganda drugs, violence, crime, gritty or cops spy, agent, intrigue, thriller or suspense prison, jail, criminal, convicts or violence Show All…
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.
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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Pretty much the worse of every world it steps in. Deakins images are predictably pretty but they are never allowed to breathe. Everything here is pre ordained, everything, both visual and dramatic, has to fall in a very narrow function. And all the hard truths it deliver is of the sort any dumb down B action film like Close Range contains (and it is almost hilarious made like no one has ever point out how vile the war on drugs were before). What is truly despicable about Villenauve is how for all the hot air a film like Sicario has, it stubborn refuses to actually get dirty, it is always gonna go for the tasteful shot even if its time…