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, Borderline, 시카리오, 시카리오-암살자의 도시, Sicario the Mexican Hitman, Sicario 1, Sicario 2015

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 brat pitt ★★★½ 3

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
Review by gabriel guimarães? ★★★★★

The best episode of Narcos I have ever seen.

Recent reviews

Review by Neil Mathur ★★★★★

Benicio del Toro is fucking haunting
Review by Jamielyons03 ★★★★

Pretty intense at times, really puts up a debate of morality and righteousness with regard to war. Big Deakins in da cam. Always good
Review by Yousef Omaier ★★★

سيناريو بفكرة ممتازة + مخرج ممتاز + ممثلين ممتازين = فيلم بتجاهد فيه انك متنمش بسبب الرتم المميت اللي فيه
Review by mizwoodz ★★★★½

Chilling. Raw. But excellent storytelling. INTENSE. Be prepared. The first scene sets the tone. Also - the social commentary...asks big questions.
Review by nilly ★★★★½

Necessarily relentless in its portrayal of violence and crime between Mexico and America. Sicario builds tension in the most organic way.
Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin were superb supporting actors, loved them both so much in this. Brolin is hilarious in the way he takes almost every event completely light hearted. Del Toro's character begins to become clearer as the film progresses. Wearing the most badass attire in the final shootout sequence, looking like Snake from MGS.
Emily Blunt was also excellent, I feel like her character is often meant to represent the viewer or the average citizen, in our ignorance of events like the ones in Sicario which take place right under our noses.
Kind of has a True Detective Season 1 feeling to it.
Villeneuve and Deakins man. Not to forget JJ and that score.
Review by andrewmawei ★★★★

Sicario is a thriller, so common in its premise and familiar in its story but how Denis Villeneuve directs and execute the film is intense, captivating and really intelligent. Josh Brolin is nonchalantly brilliant while Emily Blunt is curious and anxious in a good way but Benicio Del Toro dominated the scene ever since we met him on the plane.
Review by Cinema Explosion! ★★★★½

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Review by alex ★★★★★

kate macer deserved so much better
Review by Cory ★★★★½

I like my action movies with some weight to them. And this mf’er was heaaaaavy.